Is /boot-hda1/ on /dev/md6? There is no problem with the root=/dev/md6 line
because lilo doesn't need to read anything off /dev/md6 for this. But if
/boot-hda1/ is on /dev/md6, lilo does need to be able to read from /dev/md6 in
order to be able to find the kernel image etc. Typically, lilo can point to an
md device, but not read from it. You have a number of alternatives.
1. If /dev/md6 is raid-1:
(a) Get the latest RedHat version of lilo or the lilo.raid1 patch, which
includes support for raid-1 (as is reportedly included in RH6.1)
(b) Pass lilo the necessary geometry so it can find files on the raid
partitions (see message from Harold Nordgard-Hansen of 22/08/99 on the "Booting
Root RAID 1 Directly _Is_ Possible" thread in the linux-raid archives)
(c) Use grub instead of lilo
2. If /dev/md6 is not raid-1, or if the above solutions are too complicated, put
/boot-hda1/ on its own little non-raided partition, so lilo can read the
essential files from it.
Cheers,
Bruno Prior [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Markus Hofmann
> Sent: 12 October 1999 18:02
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:
>
>
> Hello!
>
> I try to setup a root raid.
> I use the following lilo.conf for my hda-disk
> ----------------------- snip -----------------
> # Start LILO global Section
> append="console=ttyS1"
> boot=/dev/hda
> serial=1,9600n8
> #compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
> vga=normal
> read-only
> prompt
> timeout=50
> # End LILO global Section
> #
> image = /boot-hda1/vmlinuz
> root = /dev/md6
> label = Linux
>
> #
> image = /boot-hda1/vmlinuz.old
> root = /dev/md6
> label = Linux.old
> -------------------- snap ----------------
> Remark: There is antoher lilo.conf for my hdc-disks...
>
> When I try to run lilo (it doesn't care if hda or hdc) I got the following
> error from lilo:
> -------------------- snip -------------------
> Sorry, don't know how to handle device 0x0906
> -------------------- snap -------------------
> Somewhere i read, that I have to change the
> root=/dev/md6 statement. But I don't find
> it. Could someone please tell me, what to enter in lilo.conf?
>
> yours sincerely
>
> M. Hofmann
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