Re: [bugs #9370] GRUB can't load Linux kernel 2.6 initrds with large memory

[Yoshinori K. Okuji]

> Summary:  GRUB can't load Linux kernel 2.6 initrds with large memory
>
> Original Submission:  This change in CVS:
>
> http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/grub/grub/stage2/boot.c.diff?
>r1=1.44&r2=1.45
>
> caused GRUB to complain that the image would not fit in memory. the
> problem was worked around by:
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/01-0.94-initrdmax.patch?
>bug=254798&msg=3&att=3
>
> Does anyone have an opinion on the nature of why this happened? I am
> thinking of adding debug statements...

This sounds like a bug in Linux rather than GRUB. What kernel do you 
use? What value is stored in initrd_max_addr in your kernel? Can you 
check it by this command:

hexdump -C -n 4 -s 0x22C your_kernel

Okuji