[GRLUG] Kernel help

[Colin Vallance]

The disk I'm using is a 1GB flash drive with a single partition.  The  
method I used to install is listed here (http://pyramid.metrix.net/trac/wiki/InstallingPyramid/DD 
) but obviously the present working kernel sits on that same partition.


On Jun 2, 2008, at 10:58 PM, Jeff DeFouw wrote:

> 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>
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