Loïc Minier wrote: [...] > Could you send a lilo run in verbose mode and your lilo.conf to the > bug? A "dmsetup ls" would be nice as well.
Ok, so here are lilo.conf, dmsetup ls, and some lilo output: - lilo-t-v.bad - lilo-t-v5.bad - lilo-t-v.ok Cheers Harry
boot=/dev/sda3 root=/dev/mapper/vg0-lv1 install=menu map=/boot/map delay=40 prompt timeout=40 default=Linux image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only append="lpj=10000000" initrd=/initrd.img image=/vmlinuz.old label=LinuxOLD read-only optional initrd=/initrd.img.old
vg0-lv5 (254, 5) vg0-lv4 (254, 4) vg0-lv3 (254, 3) vg0-lv2 (254, 2) vg0-lv1 (254, 1) vg0-lv0 (254, 0) cswap (254, 6)
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 15:50:43 on Nov 17 2006 Debian GNU/Linux Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed Reading boot sector from /dev/sda3 device-mapper: table ioctl failed: No such device or address Fatal: device-mapper: dm_task_run(DM_DEVICE_TABLE) failed
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 15:50:43 on Nov 17 2006 Debian GNU/Linux Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed raid_setup: dev=000C rdev=0803 raid_setup returns offset = 00000000 ndisk = 0 BIOS VolumeID Device Reading boot sector from /dev/sda3 geo_get: device 0803, all=1 pf_hard_disk_scan: (8,0) /dev/sda pf_hard_disk_scan: (8,1) /dev/sda1 lookup_dev: number=0800 lookup_dev: number=0800 pf: dev=0800 id=06647869 name=/dev/sda geo_query_dev: device=0800 lookup_dev: number=0800 lookup_dev: number=0300 exit geo_query_dev bios_dev: device 0800 lookup_dev: number=0800 bios_dev: masked device 0800, which is /dev/sda bios_dev: geometry check found 0 matches bios_dev: (0x80) vol-ID=06647869 *PT=080770BC bios_dev: PT match found 1 match (0x80) pf_hard_disk_scan: (8,2) /dev/sda2 pf_hard_disk_scan: (8,3) /dev/sda3 pf_hard_disk_scan: (8,4) /dev/sda4 pf_hard_disk_scan: (254,0) /dev/dm-0 Caching device /dev/dm-0 (0xFE00) pf_hard_disk_scan: (254,1) /dev/dm-1 Caching device /dev/dm-1 (0xFE01) pf_hard_disk_scan: (254,2) /dev/dm-2 Caching device /dev/dm-2 (0xFE02) pf_hard_disk_scan: (254,3) /dev/dm-3 Caching device /dev/dm-3 (0xFE03) pf_hard_disk_scan: (254,4) /dev/dm-4 Caching device /dev/dm-4 (0xFE04) pf_hard_disk_scan: (254,5) /dev/dm-5 Caching device /dev/dm-5 (0xFE05) pf_hard_disk_scan: (254,6) /dev/dm-6 Caching device /dev/dm-6 (0xFE06) 0800 06647869 /dev/sda pf_hard_disk_scan: ndevs=1 0800 06647869 /dev/sda Resolve invalid VolumeIDs Resolve duplicate VolumeIDs 0800 06647869 /dev/sda device codes (user assigned pf) = 0 device codes (user assigned) = 0 device codes (BIOS assigned) = 1 device codes (canonical) = 1 geo_query_dev: device=0803 lookup_dev: number=0803 exit geo_query_dev bios_dev: device 0803 lookup_dev: number=0800 bios_dev: masked device 0800, which is /dev/sda bios_dev: geometry check found 0 matches bios_dev: (0x80) vol-ID=06647869 *PT=080770BC bios_dev: PT match found 1 match (0x80) Device 0x0803: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 9729 cylinders, 63 sectors. Partition offset: 51003432 sectors. registering bios=0x80 device=0x0803 Using Volume ID 06647869 on bios 80 part_verify: dev_nr=0803, type=1 geo_get: device 0800, all=1 geo_query_dev: device=0800 lookup_dev: number=0800 exit geo_query_dev bios_dev: device 0800 lookup_dev: number=0800 bios_dev: masked device 0800, which is /dev/sda bios_dev: geometry check found 0 matches bios_dev: (0x80) vol-ID=06647869 *PT=080770BC bios_dev: PT match found 1 match (0x80) Device 0x0800: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 9729 cylinders, 63 sectors. Partition offset: 0 sectors. registering bios=0x80 device=0x0800 Using Volume ID 06647869 on bios 80 lookup_dev: number=0800 part_verify: part#=3 lookup_dev: number=FE01 device-mapper: table ioctl failed: No such device or address Fatal: device-mapper: dm_task_run(DM_DEVICE_TABLE) failed
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 15:50:43 on Nov 17 2006 Debian GNU/Linux Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed Reading boot sector from /dev/sda3 Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure. Name change: '/dev/dm-0' -> '/dev/.static/dev/mapper/vg0-lv0' The kernel was compiled without DEVFS, but the '/dev' directory structure implements the DEVFS filesystem. Name change: '/dev/dm-1' -> '/dev/.static/dev/mapper/vg0-lv1' Name change: '/dev/dm-2' -> '/dev/.static/dev/mapper/vg0-lv2' Name change: '/dev/dm-3' -> '/dev/.static/dev/mapper/vg0-lv3' Name change: '/dev/dm-4' -> '/dev/.static/dev/mapper/vg0-lv4' Name change: '/dev/dm-5' -> '/dev/.static/dev/mapper/vg0-lv5' Name change: '/dev/dm-6' -> '/dev/mapper/cswap' Using MENU secondary loader Calling map_insert_data Boot image: /vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-rc7-686 Mapping RAM disk /initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-rc7-686 Added Linux * Boot image: /vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-rc6-686 Mapping RAM disk /initrd.img.old -> boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-rc6-686 Added LinuxOLD The boot sector and the map file have *NOT* been altered.