GRUB Error 28 : "Selected item won't fit into memory"

[Salome]

Hi!

I had recently on my Debian (unstable) nor a Operating system to install what is known for, easy-to-MBRs write about ...

Well, yes, in principle, is no problem, I then by a grml-live-cd to boot, the Debian-Root directory mounted, is /boot, /sys and /proc mounted (but also went without / sys and / proc), grub-install/dev/sda up and ready. I thought.

The problem is that when I select an item (no matter what, directly whether a Linux kernel, or another boot loader from a Partition), the "savedefault" contains I get Grub Error 28 "Selected item can not fit into memory". Nehm I then Savedefault out everything boots normally.

I have a bit rumprobiert, but I am not a piece forward. Specifically, I have grub-install again from the Debian Launched
called grub-install - rectangle called without savedefault in the menu.lst (that's of course right away).

The Grub Manual says [1]:

28: Selected item can not fit into memory
This error is returned if a kernel, module, or raw file load command is either trying to load its data such that it will not fit into memory or it is simply too big.

So the Linux kernel, I have at that time not touched, is now another, but because it probably not.


Has anyone no idea what I could try, or even what it is?

[PreatORiAn]

Check that file, perhaps it is broken somehow. Usually, "/boot/initrd" is a symlink, so check the link and the destination. Also, you can try to expand it on a temporary dir, it is gzipped.

[TX-Snakebyte]

This error is returned if a kernel, module, or raw file load command is either trying to load it's data such that it won't fit into memory or it is simply too big.

[WMBrown]

hi,

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure grub like this (using memtest-setup):
default=1
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,7)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Memtest86+ (2.01)
root (hd0,7)
kernel /memtest86+-2.01 ro root=/dev/hermesVG/rootVol
2. Boot memtest86+