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Hello, |
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1. When my machine boots, just after I tell lilo which kernel to load, |
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lilo reports "EBDA is big; kernel setup stack overlaps LILO second |
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stage" |
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2. I chose lilo over grub because of some gentoo handbook comment |
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about multilib that frightened me. |
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3. My machine boots fine. I have to be paying close attention to even |
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see that message since the screen quickly clears during the kernel |
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boot sequence. |
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4. I do not know how long this has been happening, but I just noticed |
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it today. Possible coincidence: just upgraded gcc and recompiled |
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world and the kernel today. |
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5. I ran /sbin/lilo after compiling and installing the kernel. I even |
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ran it a few more times just to be on the safe side. |
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Question: Why am I getting the error "EBDA is big"? |
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a) You did not run /sbin/lilo after installing the kernel [FALSE see (5)] |
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b) There is something very wrong and your machine is unable to boot |
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[FALSE see (3)] |
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c) Just be thankful your machine boots. Don't you have anything |
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better to worry about? |
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d) Use grub and hope that this problem goes away without really |
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understanding it. |
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e) People get this message yet are able to boot when their kernels are |
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too big. Randomly convert a component to a loadable module; |
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recompile; reboot; repeat until problem goes away. |
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f) [your answer here] |
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Thank you, |
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Chris |
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PS: My kernel install procedure: |
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make -j4 && make -j4 modules_install && cp /boot/kernel |
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/boot/kernel.bak && cp /boot/.config /boot/.config.bak && cp |
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arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel && cp .config /boot/.config && |
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emerge --oneshot nvidia-drivers && emerge --oneshot virtualbox-modules |
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&& /sbin/lilo |
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PPS: Output of lilo -v |
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# /sbin/lilo -v |
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LILO version 22.8, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger |
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Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2006 John Coffman |
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Released 19-Feb-2007 and compiled at 14:08:13 on Jan 13 2013 |
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Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed |
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Reading boot sector from /dev/sda |
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Using MENU secondary loader |
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Calling map_insert_data |
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Warning: The boot sector and map file are on different disks. |
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Boot image: /boot/kernel |
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Added kernel * |
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Boot image: /boot/kernel.bak |
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Added bak |
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Boot image: /boot/safe |
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Added safe |
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Boot other: /dev/sda3, on /dev/sda, loader CHAIN |
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Added windows |
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Writing boot sector. |
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/boot/boot.0800 exists - no boot sector backup copy made. |
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2 warnings were issued. |
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