use ramdisk_size=10240
Bill <bill@zip51.com> wrote in message news:<1HqWp-2wV-3@gated-at.bofh.it>...
> I have been using unstable for a fiew months now. today, I used
> apt-get update/upgrade. After reboot, I can not use my motherboard
> ethernet or sound.
> I downloaded the current sid (4/2/04) disk 1 to reload debian. On
> boot, I get the following error:
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> 01:00: rw=0, want=8318, limit=8192
> (printed several times)
>
> I have tried downloading the disk again, used another CD burner, and
> tried booting on 2 other pc's with the same error
>
> this error is printed several times, then the system stops.
>
> I also tried to install testing, using an install disk about 3months
> old, then upgrading to unstable. Again, after rebooting, I no longer
> have my ethernet or sound.
>
> Is anyone else having the same problem?
I also had the same problem. Some searching arround shows that this
is a common problem and the solution is to type
linux ramdisk_size=10240 at the boot: prompt. This boots up the linux
image with a bigger ramdisk.
Hope this helps.
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