Bug#356310: linux-image-2.6.15-1-686: grub error 18 "selected cylinder exceeds..." when loading kernel on Thinkpad

[Javier Serrano Polo <jasp00@terra.es>]

Package: linux-image-2.6.15-1-686
Version: 2.6.15-8
Severity: important

Booting from 2.6.15-8 on a Thinkpad 770X causes grub to fail when 
loading the kernel, with error

18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS

Downgrading to 2.6.15-7 solves the problem.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=ca_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 depends on:
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.53       tools for generating an initramfs
ii  module-init-tools             3.2.2-2    tools for managing Linux kernel mo

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 recommends:
ii  libc6-i686                    2.3.5-13   GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i

-- debconf information:
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.15-1-686: false
* linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.15-1-686:
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.15-1-686:
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.15-1-686: false
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.15-1-686:
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.15-1-686:
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.15-1-686:
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.15-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.15-1-686:
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.15-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.15-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.15-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.15-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.15-1-686:
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.15-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.15-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.15-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.15-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.15-1-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.15-1-686: true