Could not to load from liveUSB: can't allocate kernel - Why is that?

[Alexander Verbitsky]

Hi all!

I have installed Fedora 20 on my laptop and everything worked. But now
i can not to load - after selection item in the grub menu appear error
"can't allocate kernel".

Also problem if to try to boot from Fedora-Live-KDE-x86_64-22-3.iso
after selection "Test this media & Install ..." or "Install Fedora.."

In the same time on another laptop of my colleague (that same as my)
everything is ok.

Tried with Enable/Disable Secure Boot in BIOS.

Can someone tell where to look and what's the problem?

Thanks!

[Alexander Verbitsky]

Small update: I tried to boot from Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
(ubuntu-14.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso) and got the following error -
initrd is too big

2015-08-25 18:27 GMT+03:00 Alexander Verbitsky :
> Hi all!
>
> I have installed Fedora 20 on my laptop and everything worked. But now
> i can not to load - after selection item in the grub menu appear error
> "can't allocate kernel".
>
> Also problem if to try to boot from Fedora-Live-KDE-x86_64-22-3.iso
> after selection "Test this media & Install ..." or "Install Fedora.."
>
> In the same time on another laptop of my colleague (that same as my)
> everything is ok.
>
> Tried with Enable/Disable Secure Boot in BIOS.
>
> Can someone tell where to look and what's the problem?
>
> Thanks!

[stan]

On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:47:01 +0300
Alexander Verbitsky  wrote:
> Small update: I tried to boot from Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
> (ubuntu-14.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso) and got the following error -
> initrd is too big
>
> 2015-08-25 18:27 GMT+03:00 Alexander Verbitsky :
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I have installed Fedora 20 on my laptop and everything worked. But
> > now i can not to load - after selection item in the grub menu
> > appear error "can't allocate kernel".
> >
> > Also problem if to try to boot from Fedora-Live-KDE-x86_64-22-3.iso
> > after selection "Test this media & Install ..." or "Install
> > Fedora.."
> >
> > In the same time on another laptop of my colleague (that same as my)
> > everything is ok.
> >
> > Tried with Enable/Disable Secure Boot in BIOS.
> >
> > Can someone tell where to look and what's the problem?
> >
> > Thanks!

Just guessing.  But this sounds like you have memory problems.  Shut
the system down completely.  Then make sure the interior of the
computer is clean, and re-seat all the memory chips. Careful of
static.  Try a reboot.

If it still fails, boot into a memory test. Off the top of my head, I
can't remember the command name.  I've seen it recommended here on the
list recently for someone who was having booting problems.  You should
be able to find it with a web search.

[Paul Cartwright]

On 08/26/2015 04:18 PM, stan wrote:
> Just guessing.  But this sounds like you have memory problems.  Shut
> the system down completely.  Then make sure the interior of the
> computer is clean, and re-seat all the memory chips. Careful of
> static.  Try a reboot.
>
> If it still fails, boot into a memory test. Off the top of my head, I
> can't remember the command name.  I've seen it recommended here on the
> list recently for someone who was having booting problems.  You should
> be able to find it with a web search.
> --

I think it it...
Memtest86+