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  • From: Treeve Jelbert <treeve AT scarlet.be>
  • To: sm-discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [SM-Discuss] lilo problem after latest kernel upgrade
  • Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:21:45 +0200

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?


Regards, Treeve




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