[SM-Discuss] lilo problem after latest kernel upgrade

Treeve Jelbert treeve at scarlet.be
Thu Mar 31 11:09:56 EDT 2011


On Monday 28 March 2011 17:21:45 Treeve Jelbert wrote:
> after upgrading from linux 2.6.38.1 to linux-2.6.38.2
> I get error:
> Fatal: Setup length exceeds 31 maximum; kernel setup will overwrite boot
> loader
> when running lilo.
> 
> The kernel config is the same in both cases.
> 
> I tried recompiling lilo. Lilo then gave some more information
> 
> # lilo
> /proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
> Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
> /proc/devices: No entry for device-mapper found
> Failed to set up list of device-mapper major numbers
> Fatal: Setup length exceeds 31 maximum; kernel setup will overwrite boot
> loader
> 
> The only significant change on my system since the previous linux upgrade
> was gcc-4.6.0
> 
> 
> # uname -a
> Linux Gemini-64 2.6.38.1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Mar 24 20:49:52 CET 2011 x86_64
> GNU/Linux
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?


It is only 2.6.38.2 which poses a problem for lilo.

I have now switched to grub2 and it boots without any problem

> 
> Regards, Treeve
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