Re: [Bug-grub] can't boot after BIOS update

[Jason Thomas]

this error means the kernel won't fit in memory, there is a fix for this
in CVS! or debian :-)

On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 12:00:47AM -0700, Florin Andrei wrote:
> I tried grub-0.92 from RawHide.
> It doesn't work. I get the same results.
> 
> I can work with you guys to debug this thing, just tell me what to do (i
> really don't know much about grub).
> 
> Anything seems to boot up fine, except grub cannot boot up Linux.
> 
> On Sat, 2002-09-07 at 19:41, Jason Thomas wrote:
> > try a newer version of grub perhaps from CVS.
> > 
> > On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 11:30:52PM -0700, Florin Andrei wrote:
> > > I have an MSI nForce motherboard:
> > > 
> > > http://www.msicomputer.com/product/detail_spec/product_detail.asp?model=K7N420_Pro&search_text=nforce
> > > 
> > > It originally had BIOS version 2.0 and everything was fine.
> > > Today i updated the BIOS to version 2.6. I can still use Grub to boot up
> > > Windows ME. However, Linux doesn't boot anymore; it says "Error 28:
> > > Selected item cannot fit into memory". Before that, the message is:
> > > 
> > > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1400, size=0x101b1d]
> > > 
> > > I created a boot diskette, and that one boots up just fine, so this is
> > > how i use my system now ('cause it does not boot from Grub anymore).
> > > 
> > > Thinking it's because of an error in the /boot partition, i installed a
> > > kernel upgrade and tried to boot that up from Grub; it does not work,
> > > and the error is similar.
> > > 
> > > I'm using:
> > > - Linux Red Hat 7.3
> > > - grub-0.91-4
> > > 
> > > I didn't tried to boot up from Lilo.
> > > 
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> > > Florin Andrei
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> > > 
> > > 
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