Hello, 1. When my machine boots, just after I tell lilo which kernel to load, lilo reports "EBDA is big; kernel setup stack overlaps LILO second stage"
2. I chose lilo over grub because of some gentoo handbook comment about multilib that frightened me. 3. My machine boots fine. I have to be paying close attention to even see that message since the screen quickly clears during the kernel boot sequence. 4. I do not know how long this has been happening, but I just noticed it today. Possible coincidence: just upgraded gcc and recompiled world and the kernel today. 5. I ran /sbin/lilo after compiling and installing the kernel. I even ran it a few more times just to be on the safe side. === Question: Why am I getting the error "EBDA is big"? a) You did not run /sbin/lilo after installing the kernel [FALSE see (5)] b) There is something very wrong and your machine is unable to boot [FALSE see (3)] c) Just be thankful your machine boots. Don't you have anything better to worry about? d) Use grub and hope that this problem goes away without really understanding it. e) People get this message yet are able to boot when their kernels are too big. Randomly convert a component to a loadable module; recompile; reboot; repeat until problem goes away. f) [your answer here] Thank you, Chris === PS: My kernel install procedure: make -j4 && make -j4 modules_install && cp /boot/kernel /boot/kernel.bak && cp /boot/.config /boot/.config.bak && cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel && cp .config /boot/.config && emerge --oneshot nvidia-drivers && emerge --oneshot virtualbox-modules && /sbin/lilo === PPS: Output of lilo -v # /sbin/lilo -v LILO version 22.8, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2006 John Coffman Released 19-Feb-2007 and compiled at 14:08:13 on Jan 13 2013 Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed Reading boot sector from /dev/sda Using MENU secondary loader Calling map_insert_data Warning: The boot sector and map file are on different disks. Boot image: /boot/kernel Added kernel * Boot image: /boot/kernel.bak Added bak Boot image: /boot/safe Added safe Boot other: /dev/sda3, on /dev/sda, loader CHAIN Added windows Writing boot sector. /boot/boot.0800 exists - no boot sector backup copy made. 2 warnings were issued.
