Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman@mindspring.com> writes: > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 at 3:05pm, Andrés Roldán wrote: > > :Add the line: > : > :disk=/dev/sda inaccessible > : > :to the lilo.conf file. > > Thanks! That fixed it. But why does lilo care about /dev/sda in the > first place? If you see the output of lilo -v5 you will notice that LILO tries to read all the possible disks on the system. For the last days, the use of of extraible devices has grown among the users and for a strange reason (may it a device driver problem or a LILO problem itself), LILO gets confused when trying to access the device. I will take time off to solve this problem as soon as possible. > > Patrick > > :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 > :> > : > : > > -- > 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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