Hello, Edmund!
> > > I admit to using a slightly old version of GRUB from CVS, because the
> > > lastest one seems to require a new binutils, and I wasn't in the mood
> > > for installing one straight away. So I'm really asking if there has
> >
> > If you are using _so_ old GRUB and binutils, you should certainly upgade
> > both.
>
> GRUB from a week or so ago (as it uses stage2_size.h, ChangeLog
> 1999-09-15) and binutils from Debian 2.1.
>
> I assume it's your change of 1999-09-17 that made configure start
> objecting to my binutils. Is it possible that configure is objecting
> unnecessarily? I have built a working GRUB with my binutils.
You should have reported it as a bug. Sorry for inconvenience.
I haven't seen any problems with binutils-2.9.1.0.25, but OKUJI has just
commited a fix. Update and try again, please.
> > There should not be a size limit, but there may be a "fragmentation
> > limit", although it's quite unlikely that it's the problem that you have.
>
> I was suspecting a memory-map problem ...
Try stage1_5 and inform us if it makes any difference.
Cheers,
Pavel Roskin
