At 02 Jun 2002 22:15:44 -0600, Dave Smith wrote: > Every time I try to load my standard RedHat7.2 kernel with GRUB (the > truly Grand Unified Boot Loader), I get the error 28: "Specified image > cannot fit in memory." My machine has 512MB RAM, and GRUB /is/ detecting > that much (490MB anyway) in upper memory. However, lower mem shows up as > only 512K. Could this be a problem? I have tried multiple work-arounds > including the 'uppermem=' command in GRUB. Also, I have an integrated > video card that shares memory with the main board. Could /that/ be a > problem for GRUB too?
Your guess is correct. Perhaps your video card BIOS reserves a lot of lower memory, so the EBDA is large. > I am able to boot from floppy that RedHat Anaconda (the installer) > generated for me. How can I resolve this (aside from recompiling and > paring my kernel down to 512K)? It has no relation with the kernel size. The latest version of the Linux/i386 boot protocol has a workaround for larger EBDA systems, but GRUB still doesn't support that feature. Wouldn't you like to add that feature into GRUB? Thanks, Okuji _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
