> Currently running RH6.0 and kernel 2.2.5-15.
> I would think that some others are having this trouble too. I
> still have kernel versions 2.2.6, 2.2.8 and had just installed
> 2.3.2. I was running 2.3.2 before upgrading from RH5.2 to 6.0
> and 2.2.5-15. Now, only 2.2.5-15 is listed in lilo.conf, and
> the entire system is running fine. Great! Have been trying to
> install 2.3.2 and lilo keeps saying that the kernel is too big.
> Just for kicks I tried to resurrect 2.2.8 by just modifying
> lilo.conf and re-runing lilo... hmmmmmm.... kernel too big. WTF!
> I did *NOT* recompile the kernel.
> Anyone have similar problem?
I reported a similar problem back when 2.0.34 was current, and the
discussion then indicated that the problem was connected with the BIOS
restriction on booting from within the first 1023 cylinders.
Since then, I've always made /boot a partition of its own, located
well within that 1023 cylinder limit, and every file mentioned in the
/etc/lilo.conf configuration file is in that partition. I've had no
problems since I started doing that.
Best wishes from Riley.
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* ftp://ftp.MemAlpha.cx/pub/rhw/Linux
* http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html
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