From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
To: Donald Duck <fdisposable@hotmail.com>,debian-boot@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: boot stopped - attempt to access beyond end of device - sarge
20040306
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 11:45:18 -0500
Erich Waelde wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Donald Duck writes:
> > Wanted to try Sarge. Got Official jigdo files for the testing
distribution
> > on CD.
> > Downloaded only 'Debian GNU/Linux testing "Sarge" - Official Snapshot
i386
> > Binary-1 (20040306)'.
> >
> > While booting the CD (mode linux or expert, no difference):
> > ...
> > loading install/cdrom.gz
> > ... {about 1s later}
> > 01:00: rw=0, want 8203, limit=8192
> -----------------------------------^^^^
>
> The ram disk image is currently too big. Add
> ramdisk_size=10240
> or similar to your entry at the boot prompt.
Better yet, use a netinst image that is not 4 days out of date.
--
see shy jo