Bug#402534: udev: Upgrade to version 0.103-1 fails

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

reassign 402534 lilo
stop

On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 12:24:40PM -0600, Reid Priedhorsky wrote:
> >lilo -t
> 
> 24 [~]$ lilo -t
> Fatal: Duplicate "disk =" definition for /dev/sdb
> 
> >cat /etc/lilo.conf
> 
> 25 [~]$ cat /etc/lilo.conf
> boot=/dev/hda
> root=/dev/hda1
> compact
> lba32
> install=menu
> map=/boot/map
> vga=normal
> delay=50
> read-only
> append="hdc=ide-scsi"
> 
> disk=/dev/sda
>         inaccessible
> disk=/dev/sdb
>         inaccessible
> 
> # Stock kernel shipped by Debian
> image=/vmlinuz
>         label=debian
>         initrd=/initrd.img
> 
> # My 2.4 kernels
> image=/boot/bzImage-2.4.32
>         label=2.4.32
> image=/boot/bzImage-2.4.31.new
>         label=2.4.31.new
> image=/boot/bzImage-2.4.31
>         label=2.4.31
> image=/boot/bzImage-2.4.29.new
>         label=2.4.29.new
> 
> ... I don't see sdb in there twice, though. ??? (/dev/sda and /dev/sdb 
> are USB mass storage and usually not present.)
> 
> I changed from 2.4 to 2.6 a few weeks ago and added the disk=/dev/sdb 
> line at that time due to complaints about /dev/sdb being inacessible.

i have zero idea if that behaviour changed lately,
reassigning to the lilo guys that they take a look.

also note that ide-scsi is deprecated for 2.6.
 
> >>>cat /etc/kernel-img.conf
> >>reidster:/tmp# cat /etc/kernel-img.conf
> >># Kernel Image management overrides
> >># See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
> >>do_symlinks = Yes
> >
> >if you are using lilo you want to add the following line so that lilo
> >gets invoked automaticaly on new install of an linux image:
> >do_bootloader = yes
> 
> Hmm, I'll look into that.
> 
> Looking at the bug reports for lilo makes me ponder switching to grub, 
> though...

yes grub is much more comfortable.
lilo is only needed on boxes with bad bios, there lilo has better
workarounds.
 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Reid

best regards

-- 
maks