Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I have been using unstable for a fiew months now.  today, I used 
> apt-get update/upgrade. After reboot, I can not use my motherboard 
> ethernet or sound.
>  I downloaded the current sid (4/2/04) disk 1  to reload debian. On 
> boot, I get the following error:
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> 01:00: rw=0, want=8318, limit=8192
> (printed several times)
> 
>  I have tried downloading the disk again, used another CD burner, and 
> tried booting on 2 other pc's with the same error
> 
>  this error is printed several times, then the system stops.
> 
> I also tried to install testing, using an install disk about 3months 
> old, then upgrading to unstable. Again, after rebooting, I no longer 
> have my ethernet or sound.
> 
>   Is anyone else having the same problem?

I also had the same problem.  Some searching arround shows that this
is a common problem and the solution is to type

linux ramdisk_size=10240 at the boot: prompt.  This boots up the linux
image with a bigger ramdisk.

Hope this helps.


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