Re: Upgrading Sarge to Etch - failing to boot new kernel
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:32:28PM +0200, Piotrek Gliźniewicz wrote:
> I've tried the uuid approach - the effect is the same - 2.6.18 runs,
> 2.6.26. But I managed to find the real issue. MILO fails to load the
> initrd image: "initdisk too large, would overwrite kernel.", apparently
> the same issue as described here:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha/2002/04/msg00157.html
> I took a look at MILO source and it seems the LOADER_AT in Makefile
> should be changed (the image has to fit between the kernel and LOADER_AT
> address, at least that's what I understood). But there's a comment, that
> other code depends on it, so I won't even try to touch this. The other
> solution would be to build a custom smaller kernel, but this will have
> to wait until I have more time.
Try changing the initramfs config to have modules only for known hardware
depends rather than most. Esentially in /etc/initramfs/initramfs.conf
change MODULES=most to MODULES=dep.
Then regenerate the initrd with update-initramfs.
It should make a much smaller initrd image that way. powerpc made this
change in the past because the quik boot loader had a initrd size limit
as well.
--
Len Sorensen
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