Re: New stretch kernel: lilo boot fails with "EBDA is big" message
Bill Brelsford wrote: > Lilo has always met my needs well, so, although I've considered > grub, I've never felt the need to switch. But it was one of the > next steps I was considering in this case -- especially if the > problem turned out to be lilo. if there was no need grub would not exist - I don't argue for grub, feel free to use whatever is best for you
Re: New stretch kernel: lilo boot fails with "EBDA is big" message
On Fri Oct 13 2017 at 01:20 AM +0200, deloptes wrote: > Bill Brelsford wrote: > > > This doesn't explain why I got the EBDA message in the first place, > > but all is working now.. > > once again the question: why not use grub? Lilo has always met my needs well, so, although I've considered grub, I've never felt the need to switch. But it was one of the next steps I was considering in this case -- especially if the problem turned out to be lilo.
Re: New stretch kernel: lilo boot fails with "EBDA is big" message
Bill Brelsford wrote: > This doesn't explain why I got the EBDA message in the first place, > but all is working now.. once again the question: why not use grub?
Re: New stretch kernel: lilo boot fails with "EBDA is big" message
On Mon Oct 09 2017 at 12:50 AM +0200, Bill Brelsford wrote: > After the stretch 9.2 kernel upgrade to 4.9.0-4, lilo gives, at > boot, "EBDA is big; kernel setup stack overlaps LILO second stage" > and freezes. Problem solved. This is a dual-boot system, with the Win 10 bootloader passing control to lilo in the partion boot sector. The bootloader was configured by EasyBCD (in windows), which apparently saves its own copy of the partition boot sector, so ignored changes to lilo.conf. Guess I'll have to boot windows and refresh whenever the kernel is updated. (I originally tried to use lilo to dual-boot, but ran into problems with windows.) This doesn't explain why I got the EBDA message in the first place, but all is working now.. -- Bill Brelsford wbr...@k2di.net
Re: New stretch kernel: lilo boot fails with "EBDA is big" message
Bill Brelsford wrote: > Suggestions? grub
New stretch kernel: lilo boot fails with "EBDA is big" message
After the stretch 9.2 kernel upgrade to 4.9.0-4, lilo gives, at boot, "EBDA is big; kernel setup stack overlaps LILO second stage" and freezes. Steps: - After upgrading, I installed irqbalance before re-booting. - Lilo then gave "Loading linux" followed by a line and a half of "." and hung, both for the new and old (4.9.0-3) kernels. - Using the stretch install disk for rescue, I purged irqbalance and re-ran lilo. - Now I get the "EBDA" message for the new kernel, but the old one boots normally. - I've re-installed the kernel package and re-generated initramfs (and re-run lilo), but it still fails. The most common cause of the EBDA message seems to be neglecting to run lilo, but I've done that. Output from lilo -v appears to be correct. I upgraded 4 other machines with no problem. All are i686 with similar configuration, except that the failing one installs the boot loader in a partition rather than in the MBR. Suggestions? -- Bill Brelsford wbr...@k2di.net
