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From: covici@××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] problem with lilo and one of my kernels
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:28:40
Message-Id: 8255.1356316033@ccs.covici.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] problem with lilo and one of my kernels by Walter Dnes
1 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
2
3 > On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 05:40:05AM -0500, covici@××××××××××.com wrote
4 > > Hi. Today on one of my test kernels where I am using git bisect to find
5 > > a bug, I got the following when running lilo:
6 > > Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.0-rc4-00011-g2273929-dirty
7 > > Fatal: Setup length exceeds 63 maximum; kernel setup will overwrite boot
8 > > loader
9 >
10 > See messages #12 and #14 in
11 > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/lilo-setup-length-exceeds-63-maximum%3B-943467/
12 I think that is where it said to upgrade lilo, but I have the latest
13 version and no joy.
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21 John Covici
22 covici@××××××××××.com

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