Bug#360011: Unbootable: "Loading linuxEBDA is big; kernel setup stack overlaps LILO second stage"
Package: linux-image-2.6.16-1-686
Version: 2.6.16-4
Severity: important
Did an 'apt-get upgrade' this morning, saw nothing unusual and shut
down. On reboot, after LILO starts, we see:
boot
Loading linuxEBDA is big; kernel setup stack overlaps LILO second stage
.
...it hangs at the first dot. Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work.
To restore the system I restarted from a boot CD, mounted my Debian
partition 'read-write'**, did a 'chroot' and downgraded to v2.6.16-3. The
'reportbug' version # above has been hand-tweaked.
(**note to users: some boot CDs have 'mount' applets, but for safety
those tend to mount your HD read-only, and you might need to run
the command line 'mount', as root:
% mount -t ext3 /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 # detail vary with system!
...then run 'lilo'. HTH...)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.16-1-686 depends on:
ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii yaird [linux-initramfs-tool] 0.0.12-9 Yet Another mkInitRD
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.16-1-686 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.3.6-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
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