Hi all,
According to the following, Grub loads the Linux initrd at an address
that is too high for the Linux kernel to access when the 'vmalloc=' boot
parameter is set greater than 128M:
Grub bug #12271
http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/4/283
This appears to still be the case on Grub-0.97 that is
Additional Item Attachment, bug #18471 (project grub):
File name: grub-0.93-initrd-smallcopy.patch Size:2 KB
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Follow-up Comment #1, bug #18471 (project grub):
It was brought to my attention that the nocopy patch may not work on some
systems. This patch supercedes that one. It loads the initrd in 1MB
increments. This way it will avoid trashing BIOS reserved memory and also
will not pose a problem for
We replaced a drive on a linux software RAID 1 array on a customer's
machine.
Grub fails to boot with no error, it just hangs:
Grub loading, please wait.
Used rescue CD, and re-installed grub to both drives. Reboot, same
thing.
Use rescue CD again. remove the contents of /boot/grub (sans
