[GRLUG] Kernel help

[Jeff DeFouw]

On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 10:33:32PM -0400, Colin Vallance wrote:
> This generally leads me this type of error:
>
>  Booting 'Bzimage'
>
> root (hd0,0)
>  Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
> kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda1 console=ttys0,19200n8 reboot=bios
>
> Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS

Is the hard disk larger than 8GB?  If so, this has nothing to do with 
your kernel build.  It's actually a message from your bootloader, grub.  
This is a limitation in the old/non-LBA BIOS of the machine.  To prevent 
this, you have to create a small boot partition at the beginning of the 
hard disk, and put the grub boot stages and your kernel(s) there.

-- 
Jeff DeFouw <jeffd at i2k.com>