LVM and lilo and kernel 2.6.8

[andreas.sumper@nimbus.at]

Hi List!

I have a system running sarge with 2
SATA - disks configured with lvm.
I installed kernel-image 2.6.8-1-686
and everything worked fine. But now I need to start my old kernel (2.4.27
that is), which still resides in my /boot - partition.
My / is a partition on lvm, which works
very well. 

So I decided to change my lilo.conf
and just write the new config into the mbr.


But when I change /etc/lilo.conf and
type lilo -t I get:
Fatal: open /dev/hdc: No such device
or address

So I had a look at my mounted partitions:

/dev/mapper/vg1-lv1 on / type xfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/mapper/vg1-lv2 on /domino type
xfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)


I decided to tell lilo to use /dev/mapper/vg1-lv1
as shown above by using -b, but all I get is the following:

lilo -t -b /dev/mapper/vg1-lv1
Ignoring entry 'boot'
Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not
match '/dev' directory structure.
    Name change: '/dev/dm-0'
-> '/dev/fd/5'
Fatal: Filesystem would be destroyed
by LILO boot sector: /dev/mapper/vg1-lv1


therefor I tried:

lilo -t -b /dev/vg1/lv1

with the following results...

Ignoring entry 'boot'
Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not
match '/dev' directory structure.
    Name change: '/dev/dm-0'
-> '/dev/fd/5'
Fatal: Filesystem would be destroyed
by LILO boot sector: /dev/vg1/lv1


my /proc/partitions says:
major minor  #blocks  name

   8     0  
78150744 sda
   8     1  
 1951866 sda1
   8     2  
76196295 sda2
   8    16  
78150744 sdb
   8    17  
 1951866 sdb1
   8    18  
76196295 sdb2
 254     0   52428800
dm-0
 254     1   41943040
dm-1

Which is quite strange, as I do not
have any sdX - Devices. At least I did not have any as long as I used 2.4.27!

So isn't it possible to use lilo with
2.6.8 or what do I have to do to make it work correctly?


Thanks in advance!!!
Andy
 
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