The difference is in the kernel (2.6) and the newer startup procedure
"udev". It used to be that the /dev directory was static; but now
the /dev directory is built to contain only those devices that are
actually on the system. One workaround is to add the extra devices
to /dev in your startup procedure.
LILO uses the 'stat' to map name -> major/minor device number. The
internal table of accessible / inaccessible devices is generally
looked up by major/minor device number; hence the reason for the
'stat'. This is just a carry-over from the way LILO has always
worked. The kernel change is what is causing the current annoyance.
--John
At 06:39 AM Monday 11/27/2006, you wrote:
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Package: lilo
Version: 1:22.6.1-7.1
Severity: normal
To make running lilo, or booting, work fine without bothering about
what flash cards I have plugged into USB today, I was told to use
disk=/dev/sda inaccessible
disk=/dev/sdb inaccessible
disk=/dev/sdc inaccessible
disk=/dev/sdd inaccessible
disk=/dev/sde inaccessible
disk=/dev/sdf inaccessible
which worked fine until nowadays, where I get
Fatal: stat /dev/sde: No such file or directory
meaning one now has to tailor one's lilo.conf to the exact number of
those irrelevant flash cards plugged in at the moment!
And what good is stat'ing an inaccessible device going to do you
anyway? This didn't use to happen.
P.S., the mtimes of the files in /usr/share/doc/lilo seem to not all
reflect the last change of their contents. Use cp --preserve=timestamps.
I was messing with lilo trying to fix the two minute wait in the boot
sequence after the message
sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
which occurs if I have a "Prolific PL2303 USB to serial adaptor"
attached at boot. Why doesn't lilo have a command
"keep nose out of usb at boot totally" ?
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LILO links at http://freshmeat.net/projects/lilo
and Help link at http://lilo.go.dyndns.org
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