Add the line: disk=/dev/sda inaccessible to the lilo.conf file. Cheers. Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman@mindspring.com> writes: > Hello: > > I've been away from this list for a while. Happy New Year to everyone! > > I've recently compiled a new kernel, 2.4.22, the "Debian way," but when I > go to install it, lilo bails out with the error: > > Fatal: VolumeID read error: sector 0 of /dev/sda not readable > > I get the same error when I try to 'downgrade' to the previous > kernel_image, which had successfully installed before. > > My lilo.conf makes only a commented reference to /dev/sda, and > boot=/dev/hda. I have recently acquired a USB Mass Storage device, which > is at /dev/sda1 when mounted, but it's not mounted at the moment. I had > successfully recompiled and installed a kernel which recognized the > device. (This latest compilation was to add a wireless PCMCIA card; other > than that I changed nothing.) > > My system is 'testing'. I have version 22.5.8 of lilo. > > A Google attempt turned up nothing except a few problems with people > putting the MBR on /dev/sda, which is not my situation. > > Hoping someone can help, > > Patrick > > -- > Patrick Wiseman pwiseman@mindspring.com > Linux user #17943 *Google First, Ask Later* > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Andrés Roldán <aroldan@debian.org> GPG Key-ID: 0xB29396EB http://people.fluidsignal.com/~aroldan
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