I got the following error, when trying to update lilo to 22.5.1. After /sbin/lilo run: Fatal: /boot/message is too big (>65535 bytes) Yes, "message" file is 142091 bytes, but all were OK with previous lilo version (when I just installed SuSE). Can I just ignore this error?
begin growbynet@hotpop.com's quote: | I got the following error, when trying to update lilo to 22.5.1. | After /sbin/lilo run: | Fatal: /boot/message is too big (>65535 bytes) | | Yes, "message" file is 142091 bytes, but all were OK with previous | lilo version (when I just installed SuSE). Can I just ignore this | error? *never* ignore a lilo error. -- dep http://www.linuxandmain.com -- outside the box, barely within the envelope, and no animated paperclip anywhere.
On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 21:27:27 -0400 dep <dep@linuxandmain.com> wrote:
begin growbynet@hotpop.com's quote: | I got the following error, when trying to update lilo to 22.5.1. | After /sbin/lilo run: | Fatal: /boot/message is too big (>65535 bytes) | | Yes, "message" file is 142091 bytes, but all were OK with previous | lilo version (when I just installed SuSE). Can I just ignore this | error?
*never* ignore a lilo error.
Especially when it says "Fatal".... :-) Just comment out the "message line" from lilo.conf and see if it works. -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation
On Wednesday 30 April 2003 12:07, zentara wrote:
| I got the following error, when trying to update lilo to 22.5.1. | After /sbin/lilo run: | Fatal: /boot/message is too big (>65535 bytes) | | Yes, "message" file is 142091 bytes, but all were OK with previous | lilo version (when I just installed SuSE). Can I just ignore this | error?
*never* ignore a lilo error.
Especially when it says "Fatal".... :-)
Just comment out the "message line" from lilo.conf and see if it works.
I have asked a wrong question. Correct one: How it was done before and was able to run without problems if /boot/message size is limited to 65535 bytes? Could anyone else please with default SuSE 8.2 Pro (with lilo) installation check their /boot/message size?
On Wednesday 30 April 2003 15:27, growbynet@hotpop.com wrote:
I have asked a wrong question. Correct one: How it was done before and was able to run without problems if /boot/message size is limited to 65535 bytes? Could anyone else please with default SuSE 8.2 Pro (with lilo) installation check their /boot/message size?
SuSE's version of lilo is patched to allow for the pretty graphics on the boot selection screen. You can't do that with the bog standard lilo Why are you upgrading lilo?
On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:27:21 +0200 growbynet@hotpop.com wrote:
On Wednesday 30 April 2003 12:07, zentara wrote:
| I got the following error, when trying to update lilo to 22.5.1. | After /sbin/lilo run: | Fatal: /boot/message is too big (>65535 bytes) | | Yes, "message" file is 142091 bytes, but all were OK with previous | lilo version (when I just installed SuSE). Can I just ignore this | error?
*never* ignore a lilo error.
Especially when it says "Fatal".... :-)
Just comment out the "message line" from lilo.conf and see if it works.
I have asked a wrong question. Correct one: How it was done before and was able to run without problems if /boot/message size is limited to 65535 bytes? Could anyone else please with default SuSE 8.2 Pro (with lilo) installation check their /boot/message size?
Probably because suse was using a patched version of lilo, and now they are using grub, which probably allows it. The message isn't important to booting, I delete it out anyways. -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation
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