Bug#451331: Lilo not run, couldn't reboot
X-Debbugs-No-Ack: please
Package: linux-image-2.6.22-3-686
Version: 2.6.22-6
Sorry if here we go again.
Upon upgrade to linux-image-2.6.22-3-686 I was told that as I am
installing a version of a running kernel, I should reboot soon, but
not now. So I waited for installation to complete, and rebooted, only
to be greeted by a lilo message "...kernel is big, overlaps lilo's
second stage".
The user is now locked out of his computer.
Unless he pulls the power cord and chooses an older kernel he has
wisely left in the lilo menu.
Then he can run lilo. And reboot. And choose linux-image-2.6.22-3-686
and all is well.
So why was lilo not run at the time I was given the message to reboot
soon? I don't know.
$ cat /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Do not create symbolic links in /
#do_symlinks = Yes
#jidanni:
do_symlinks = No
do_initrd = Yes
do_bootloader = Yes
Am I missing some parameter? Why do I need to mess with this file?
Who knows? One cannot find any info in /usr/share/doc/linux-imag*
And
$ dlocate /etc/kernel-img.conf
shows nobody owns it. Maybe it doesn't matter and is just cruft on my
system... well I did look in /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux* and found its
name... but all that is doing more digging than a user should. It
should all be mentioned in /usr/share/doc/linux-imag* and
/etc/kernel-img.conf should be listed by some program.
Yes you told me the answer before and yes I adjusted accordingly.
But as you don't document anything, one cannot find the answer so here
we go again. Whatever you told me last time didn't help.
Please put official instructions somewhere.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=zh_TW.utf8, LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.22-3-686 depends on:
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre11-4 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii yaird [linux-initramfs-tool] 0.0.12-24 Yet Another mkInitRD
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.22-3-686 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.6.1-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.22-3-686:
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.22-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.22-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.22-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.22-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.22-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.22-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.22-3-686: true
* linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.22-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.22-3-686: false
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.22-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.22-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.22-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.22-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.22-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.22-3-686: false
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.22-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.22-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-3-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.22-3-686: true
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