| Summary: | lilo-22.7.2 : Chain loader /boot/chain.b is too big | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | geeloog_pinguin |
| Component: | [OLD] Core system | Assignee: | Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | High | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | x86 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
After updating lilo from 22.7.1 to 22.7.2, lilo says: Fatal: Chain loader /boot/chain.b is too big ============ /etc/lilo.conf ============ lba32 boot = /dev/hda prompt timeout = 150 delay = 50 image = /boot/default-2.6.17-r2 root = /dev/hda8 label = Gentoo read-only other = /dev/hda2 label = Windows table = /dev/hda ======================================== The file size of my /boot/chain.b is 1536 bytes. ============ emerge --info ============= Portage 2.1.1_pre2-r8 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.6/vanilla, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 i686) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.1 app-admin/eselect-compiler: 2.0.0_rc2-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.60 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 2.0.0_rc1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www2.sys1 http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LC_ALL="en_US.utf8" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowext X aac aalib alsa apache2 apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cjk cli crypt dlloader dri dvd dvdread eds emboss encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib isdnlog java jpeg kde kdeenablefinal libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mmxext motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ntpl ogg opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl png pppd python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime readline real reflection sdl session silverxp slang spell spl sse sse2 ssl tcpd theora threads truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode vorbis win32codecs xml xmms xorg xv xvid zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse input_devices_evdev kernel_linux userland_GNU video_cards_nv video_cards_vesa video_cards_vga" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY ======================================== Output of lilo-22.7.1: # lilo -v LILO version 22.7.1, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2005 John Coffman Released 17-Sep-2005 and compiled at 11:26:26 on Jul 14 2006 Reading boot sector from /dev/hda Using MENU secondary loader Calling map_insert_data Boot image: /boot/default-2.6.17-r2 Added Gentoo * Boot other: /dev/hda2, on /dev/hda, loader CHAIN Added Windows Writing boot sector. /boot/boot.0300 exists - no boot sector backup copy made. Output of lilo-22.7.2: # lilo -v LILO version 22.7.2, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2006 John Coffman Released 05-Jul-2006, and compiled at 11:25:40 on Jul 14 2006 Reading boot sector from /dev/hda Using MENU secondary loader Calling map_insert_data Boot image: /boot/default-2.6.17-r2 Added Gentoo * Boot other: /dev/hda2, on /dev/hda, loader CHAIN Fatal: Chain loader /boot/chain.b is too big