Package: lilo
Version: 1:22.6.1-6.2
Severity: normal
To stay on top of things I let LiLo control three spaces on my system,
defined in 3 config files (crap is omitted from the contents provided
here).
The first file controls the main boot block of my first harddisk. It
basicly says:
---
lba32
boot=/dev/hda
compact
install=/boot/boot-menu.b
map=/boot/map
prompt
timeout=30
default="Debian"
other=/dev/hda1
label="Debian"
other=/dev/hdb1
label="Linux experiment"
table=/dev/hdb
---
The other two cover the partition bootblocks on hda1 and hdb1 (both are
primary partitions).
---
boot=/dev/hd{a|b}1
root=/dev/hd{a|b}1
compact
map=/boot/map
delay=10
default=Normal
image=/vmlinuz-std
label=Normal
read-only
(... some other images that do not influence the problem ...)
---
The situation comes down to this:
- I boot into Debian (don't ask how)
- I open a root terminal
- I run lilo -C /etc/lilo-hda1.conf &&\
lilo -C /etc/lilo-hdb1.conf &&\
lilo -C /etc/lilo-hda.conf
- I reboot onto hdb1 (Debian testing) -> all is fine
- I now reboot onto hda1 (Sarge) -> L99 99...
(no second stage loader signature)
so I try:
- lilo -C /etc/lilo-hdb1.conf &&\
lilo -C /etc/lilo-hda1.conf &&\
lilo -C /etc/lilo-hda.conf
- reboot to hda1 -> fine
- reboot to hdb1 -> L99 ...
For one reason or another LiLo seems to find it necessary to change some
things in a boot block after booting...
I do not have a solution, only this guess. Testing is no problem for me
so ask me if more information is needed.
Regards,
Jouke
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-a52
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages lilo depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libdevmapper1.01 2:1.01.00-4 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
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