lilo refuses
Weird message from lilo -t -v:
Warning: LBA addressing assumed
Reading boot sector from /dev/fd0
Fatal: Trying to map files from unnamed device 0x000c (NFS/RAID mirror down?)
OK. My RAID, a software RAID, is not down, and contains /home and /usr
as LVM volumes. Can lilo not use it?
/deb/fd0 has a floppy disk in it.
/boot is on /dev/hda1, which is not a raid.
Are lilo's private files on /usr, and is it unable to read from a
software RAID? Do I somehow need to move lilo's private files from /usr
to /hda1? And which ones are they? And how can I tell it the
files have moved? Or has lilo become a hopeless case?
-- hendrik
Here's the complete output from lilo -t -v
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LILO version 22.6.1 (test mode), Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2004 John Coffman
Released 17-Nov-2004, and compiled at 23:17:54 on Mar 30 2006
Debian GNU/Linux
Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed
Reading boot sector from /dev/fd0
Fatal: Trying to map files from unnamed device 0x000c (NFS/RAID mirror down ?)
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And here;s lilo.conf:
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# /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)',
# --------------- `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/',
# and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'.
# +---------------------------------------------------------------+
# | !! Reminder !! |
# | |
# | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this |
# | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt' (if you have created it), or |
# | install a new kernel. The computer will most likely fail to |
# | boot if a kernel-image post-install script or you don't |
# | remember to run `lilo'. |
# | |
# +---------------------------------------------------------------+
# Specifies the boot device. This is where Lilo installs its boot
# block. It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which
# case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR.
#
boot=/dev/fd0
# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/')
#
root=/dev/hda1
# This option may be needed for some software RAID installs.
#
# raid-extra-boot=mbr-only
# Enable map compaction:
# Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
# read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the
# map smaller. Using `compact' is especially recommended when
# booting from a floppy disk. It is disabled here by default
# because it doesn't always work.
#
# compact
# Installs the specified file as the new boot sector
# You have the choice between: text, bmp, and menu
# Look in lilo.conf(5) manpage for details
#
#install=menu
# Specifies the location of the map file
#
map=/boot/map
# You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines
# in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must
# be typed to boot anything but a default configuration. If a
# command line is given, other than one specified by an `append'
# statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a
# standard default boot will not require one.
#
# This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the
# console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh',
# and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization.
#
# Note that if you really need this type of security, you will
# likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR
# program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from
# removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the
# BIOS configuration as well. Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'.
#
# password=tatercounter2000
# Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should
# wait before booting the first image.
#
delay=20
# You can put a customized boot message up if you like. If you use
# `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you
# must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting
# for a keypress. `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the
# `image' configurations below. eg: You can press `1' to boot
# `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'.
#
# message=/boot/bootmess.txt
# prompt
# delay=100
# timeout=100
# Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal, extended, ask, <mode>)
#
# vga=ask
# vga=9
#
# Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go
# here. See: The `boot-prompt-HOWTO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in
# the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory.
#
# append=""
# If you used a serial console to install Debian, this option should be
# enabled by default.
# serial=
#
# Boot up Linux by default.
#
default=Linux
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1-amd64-generic
label=Linux
read-only
# restricted
# alias=1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-1-amd64-generic
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-1-amd64-generic
label=Linuxold
read-only
# restricted
# alias=1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.12-1-amd64-generic
# image=/vmlinuz
# label=Linuxln
# read-only
# restricted
# alias=1
# initrd=/initrd.img
# image=/vmlinuz.old
# label=LinuxOLD
# read-only
# optional
# # restricted
# # alias=2
#
# initrd=/initrd.img.old
# If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the
# following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to
# where your other OS' partition is.
#
# other=/dev/hda4
# label=HURD
# restricted
# alias=3
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