There has been a lot of talk about lilo and squeeze on the list lately, but I
don't really want to get into that argument. I have been using lilo for a
dozen years, since I started using linux. I am comfortable with lilo.conf. I
have never bothered to figure out grub's menu.lst and I certainly don't
understand grub2's grub.cfg.
I installed Eeebuntu on my eeepc when I got it. It was using grub. I have
since installed Squeeze, since I am happier with pure Debian. That install
uses grub2. I would like to continue using lilo.
Now, lilo is still avaiilable in Squeeze, so I installed it and ran liloconfig.
This resulted in an error saying that the root device might be a raid, or some
other configuration that liloconfig could not handle, and that I should write
my own lilo,conf. OK. I can do that. Having done so, however, and then
running lilo, I get the following error:
# lilo
Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed
Fatal: raid_setup: stat("UUID=5019cd9d-5d2e-4d7c-a6f4-0eccb5144c77")
I have never used a raid setup and there is nothing special about this
configuration. My lilo.conf is as follows:
# /etc/lilo.conf
boot="UUID=5019cd9d-5d2e-4d7c-a6f4-0eccb5144c77"
vga=normal
compact
prompt
timeout=100
default=Squeeze
# To use the new LILO boot menu, add the following
bitmap=/boot/debian.bmp
bmp-colors=1,,0,2,,0
bmp-table=120p,173p,1,15,17
bmp-timer=254p,432p,1,0,0
install=bmp
# install=menu
map=/boot/map
image=/vmlinuz
root=/dev/sda11
initrd=/initrd.img
label=Squeeze
read-only
image=/vmlinuz
root=/dev/sda3
initrd=/initrd.img
label=Eeebuntu
read-only
image=/boot/memtest86+.bin
root=/dev/sda3
label=Memtest86+
other=/dev/sda1
label=Windows
#### End of lilo.conf ######
Can anyone tell me what is causing this? I have never had problems with lilo,
before. It always 'just works'.
I am assuming, since lilo never actually completed, that my MBR is unaffected
and I can still power down and reboot with the existing grub setup, but it
would be nice to have some assurances.
--
Marc Shapiro
mshapiro...@yahoo.com
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