Outdated: use grub to solve this problem

Problem: lilo cannot boot if initramfs is too large


1. edit /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf and change the default
"MODULES=most" to "MODULES=dep"

2. run "update-initramfs -k 2.6.25-2-amd64 -u -v"

3. reboot

from Noèl Köthe