LILO makes a cache of the disks and partitions using /proc/partitions. The default Debian kernel has been compiled with DEVFS_FS support and therefore, if you see your /proc/partitions, you will notice that this filehas a "devfs scheme". Thereby, /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc does not exist unless you are actually using devfs. You can ignore this warning as this won't harm your system. Paul E Condon <pecondon@peakpeak.com> writes: > I recieved the following warning message from lilo recently. > I am running kernel 2.4.18 from debian package on 686 . > I think I have seen it before, but now I'm concerned that > I really don't understand, and it may be important even tho > system is running fine to my untrained eye. > > message: > big:/home/pecondon# lilo > Warning: COMPACT may conflict with LBA32 on some systems > Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure. > Name change: '/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc' -> '/dev/hda' > The kernel was compiled with DEVFS_FS, but 'devfs=mount' was omitted > as a kernel command-line boot parameter; hence, the '/dev' directory > structure does not reflect DEVFS_FS device names. > Added Linux * > Skipping /ba1/vmlinuz > Skipping /ba2/vmlinuz > Added Linux4 > Added LinuxOLD > big:/home/pecondon# emacs lilo.cmnt.sav > end of message; > > What does this mean? What should I do about it? Where can I find > an explanation? HOWTO? > > TIA > > -- > Paul E Condon > pecondon@peakpeak.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Andres Roldan <aroldan@debian.org> GPG Key-ID: 0xB29396EB
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