Re: Lilo fails with "sorry, don't know how to handle device 0xfe00" (LVM2)
Thanks Clive - but I've heard that grub is really bad with LVM2. In fact,
the latest Debian Etch installer still explicitly removes the option to
install grub when it detects that / is on an LVM2 volume.
I did eventually solve the problem, by starting sshd in the installer shell
(chroot /mnt/VG1-Root sshd) and logging into that (a full chroot, as it
were). I had to mount -o bind /proc /mnt/VG1-Root to provide access to
/proc/devices, and I also had to use mknod to change the major number of
/mnt/VG1-Root/dev/mapper/VG1-Root to 254 from 253, but then lilo ran.
So I was right - the problem is something to do with the change from 253 to
254 for LVM2 volumes. I missed this, but it makes me very wary of trying to
upgrade my system any more!
The "don't know how to handle device" problem is simply a lack of access to
/proc/devices, which is solved by the double mounting of /proc.
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