Bug 76208

Summary:	Lilo does not like 2.4.18-17.7.xsmp
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Christopher Chan <dbs>
Component:	lilo	Assignee:	Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version:	7.3
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Description Christopher Chan 2002-10-18 05:08:10 UTC

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Description of problem:
lilo
<snip>
Fatal: Kernel /boot/vmlinux-2.4.18-17.7.xsmp is too big

2.4.18-3smp has no problem.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
download kernel-smp-2.4.18-17.7.x.i686.rpm
rpm -ivh kernel-smp-2.4.18-17.7.x.i686.rpm
edit /etc/lilo.conf
lilo

Actual Results:  Fatal: Kernel /boot/vmlinux-2.4.18-17.7.xsmp is too big

Expected Results:  Added [label]

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2002-10-18 14:57:40 UTC

You shouldn't be booting the vmlinux, you should be booting vmlinuz (the
compressed kernel)