On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:25:49 -0300, Agustín wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi Everybody! > > I'm trying to run a bootable RAID 1. I'm using mdadm and everything > goes fine. All the partitions are completely synchronized and the > problem comes in the last step: > > I edit lilo to boot from the RAID and reboot. The system hangs up > saying "LIL". I've read something in the LILO documentation as: > LIL (The descriptor table could not be read.) > LIL (This is typically caused by media failure or geometry mismatch) > > I have two SATA WD800 disks. I'm running debian with the kernel 2.4.19 > and LILO 22.2 ..chk out backports.org > My LILO configuration looks like this: > > boot=/dev/md1 ..these are known to lilo as such? I used '/dev/hda', '/dev/hdc' etc, and with a "fallback" to try boot the "other" drive on each. Also throw in panic options. > root=/dev/md2 > raid-extra-boot=/dev/hda,/dev/hdc > default=RAID > image=/vmlinuz > label=RAID > read-only > > The other options are as they come in the one disk installation. > > I'll appreciate any comment! Thanks in advance, > > Agustín > > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
