error: the initrd is too big...[no more!]

[I'm cross-posting this from an old website I'm shutting down from which] I've noticed that I'm getting a lot of hits every day for variations of search results along the lines of

"error: the initrd is too big"

along with

"Ubuntu 9.10"

(obviously due to my previous posts on the subject.) Well, I'm happy to tell you all that I found the problem and am posting this while running

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

[this also seems to be helping people in

Ubuntu Lucid Lynx LTS 10.04

+ too, which I've since updated too!]

So here is the solution:

Disable Memory Hole

in your BIOS! I've attached a screenshot. Over there is a small pic of what the menu for mine looks like (with the Memory Hole, forth option down, "Enabled"; BioStar TA690G motherboard). It's that little setting which causes so many headaches!

[Updated on Oct 29, 2009: I FOUND A FIX FOR "INITRD TOO BIG"!]