Error: gfxmenu: /boot/message too large
 

I use openSuSE 11.2 and 11.0. After some hassle with the /boot partition and finally updating 11.2 I get the above error. /boot message is 415.5 KiB (from memory). I can boot from a text console but I'd like to understand what happened here and correct it. Any ideas? Btw. how large is your /boot/message?

I am using ultimate linux - an ubuntu variant but there is no /boot/messages. I do remember getting this error some time ago. How I repaired it was changing the /boot/grub/grub.conf. However if you are using grub2 then the configuration files would be somewhere else.

I always disable the gfxmenu and prefer dealing with Grub directly.

gfxmenu only add a bit of graphic to the booting menu instead of Grub's text screen. Putting a "#" in front of the line with the gfxmenu statement will disable it. I believe gfxmenu is used by Grub1 and Grub2has refrained from using graphic enhancements. Therefore you should be able to edit it out in /boot/grub/menu.lst.

The disadvantage of gfxmenu is it can prevent Grub from booting the operating systems manually. That to me is destroying 50% of what Grub is capable of.

I had gfxmenu disabled (by an "#" in menu.lst ;)) since the time I got the error message. I just want to know what's up in my system ;) and I still do. It is GRUB 1 btw.

Just as an aside, gfxmenu doesn't prevent you from booting manually. Just press "c" or <ESC> (I think) and you get a command line.

As far as I can tell in retrospect it is connected to this:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...talled-800956/

and marinally explained by this

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...formed-806910/

AFAIR the initrd complains about a "foreign" gfxmenu. So -- solved and finally laid to rest.