Thanks for the feedback. I've added a few hints to the readme file at:
http://www.elliott-turbo.com/lilo/
Hints: 1) Use boot=/dev/mdX and root=/dev/mdY as appropriate...
lilo will figure out the underlying partitions for you
2) Add default=<label> to make mirrors fully functional...
otherwise booting from mirror won't show list with TAB or have a
working default (normally it would pick the first entry in order)
We should fix #2 in LILO itself
Rich B
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc MERLIN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Richard Bollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "John Coffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: getting lilo to create map with raid 1 on root fs
> A little feedback on this patch
...
> Note 1:
> boot=/dev/md0 wasn't very obvious. I didn't realize it would really do:
See Hint #1
...
> Note 2:
> My linuxsafe label has image=/vmlinuz. I really want image=/safe/vmlinuz,
with
> /safe being on my md1 partition. If I do, I get the dreaded:
...
> Fatal: Sorry, don't know how to handle device 0x0901
I tried to reproduce your error, but it seems to work for me :-(. Are you
sure you're running with my changes? Your message is what I'd expect to see
with only the RedHat patched version installed.
Script started on Wed May 31 08:05:37 2000
rb-ls1:/etc# cat lilo.conf
# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
boot = /dev/md0
default=Linux # seems to be required to make 2nd drive fully functional
#compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
delay = 50
vga = normal # force sane state
# ramdisk = 0 # paranoia setting
# End LILO global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /vmlinuz
root = /dev/md0
label = Linux
read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for
checking
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /vmlinuz.0
root = /dev/md0
label = vmlinuz.0
read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for
checking
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
root = /dev/md0
label = bzImage
read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for
checking
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
root = /dev/md1
label = test
read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for
checking
# Linux bootable partition config ends
rb-ls1:/etc# lilo
boot = /dev/hda, map = /boot/map.0301
Added Linux *
Added vmlinuz.0
Added bzImage
Added test
boot = /dev/hdc, map = /boot/map.1601
Added Linux
Added vmlinuz.0
Added bzImage
Added test
rb-ls1:/etc# exit
exit
Script done on Wed May 31 08:05:48 2000
> Note 3:
> If I yank disk #1, disk #2 boots fine, but is apparently missing the
lilo
> kernel list, so tab gives me nothing and it doesn't know how to boot
a
> kernel, but if I type my label, it boots fine.
> (it looks like the raid 1 lilo code forgets to duplicate some stuff on
the
> second disk)
See Hint #2:
