On Fri, December 8, 2006 4:12, Daniel Burrows said: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 09:33:33AM +0100, Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: >> some trivia first: >> - Debian's lilo is patched with an unofficial patch for device-mapper >> support which was not updated since mid 2005 >> - Debian just hits the problem, but it seems to be a common problem if >> I look at google queries; see also: >> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/lilo-installer/+bug/23835 >> >> The conclusion of most threads / (open) bug reports / forums is that >> you should not have /boot on md / lvm / whatever, but since this used >> to work, I suppose we are somehow bound to continue supporting this. > > If that's the case, the installer team needs to print a much bigger > warning. As of a month or two ago, they just say you can't use Grub for > boot-on-raid, but that Lilo works (that's how I got my system set up).
Don't mix up boot-on-raid and boot-on-device-mapper, they are two different things using different kernel subsystems (md and dm). boot-on-raid(1) works fine. -- David Härdeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
