From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3EB61381F3 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:28:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1928421C066; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:28:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from s-out-001.smtp25.com (s-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.91.90]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E4C121C07C for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:27:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-111-72.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.111.72]) by s-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id qBO2RE7w023917 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:27:14 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qBO2RDqY008256 for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:27:13 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] problem with lilo and one of my kernels In-reply-to: <20121224015611.GA23209@waltdnes.org> References: <2119.1356172805@ccs.covici.com> <20121224015611.GA23209@waltdnes.org> Comments: In-reply-to "Walter Dnes" message dated "Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:56:11 -0500." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.2 Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:27:13 -0500 Message-ID: <8255.1356316033@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 71.171.111.72 X-SpamH-Filter: s-out-001.smtp25.com-qBO2RE7w023917 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: cad23ab3-28c1-4f3b-a436-86714ada3b57 X-Archives-Hash: b0cb125f55deedf1bf3045452a01490d Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 05:40:05AM -0500, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote > > Hi. Today on one of my test kernels where I am using git bisect to find > > a bug, I got the following when running lilo: > > Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.0-rc4-00011-g2273929-dirty > > Fatal: Setup length exceeds 63 maximum; kernel setup will overwrite boot > > loader > > See messages #12 and #14 in > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/lilo-setup-length-exceeds-63-maximum%3B-943467/ I think that is where it said to upgrade lilo, but I have the latest version and no joy. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com