David Niklas composed on 2025-08-19 18:01 (UTC-0400):
> I've been building my own Linux Kernel for years now, but I've normally
> used Lilo and, subsequently, non UEFI systems. In getting a UEFI only
> system, I'm now using grub and I'm having problems with it.
> I've searched online, but can't find anything useful, so I'm asking here.
> I'm running Devuan (Debian) Linux on an Intel 265K with an ASUS TUF GAMING
> Z890-PLUS WIFI MB, 192GB RAM. I've not edited the grub entries/conf files.
> Grub says:
> Loading Linux 6.14.11-dav ...
> Loading initial ramdisk ...
> error: out of memory.
> Press any key to continue...
> After pressing enter the kernel starts to load, but the result is wonky.
> The kernel says it cannot open block devices by UUID and I have to pass
> the "root=" parameter (which I normally did with lilo).
> There's no way I'm running out of RAM, so what's going on?
> Any ideas how to fix this?
> Thanks!
> PS: I am subscribed to this ML.
Google found me quite a number of hits using "grub2 out of memory", including:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/1842320/comments/125
with interesting suggestions.
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