lilo hangs at "Resolve invalid VolumeIDs" ?!

[Allan Houston]

Hi,   Having a few hassles with lilo 22.5.8 - I first noticed the problem after building a new kernel. Was just about ready to boot it, ran lilo to complete off the upgrade and it just hangs there.   System is running debian-unstable, 2.4.20 kernel , two 80 gig IDE disks. So far I've tried :   - comparing the lilo.conf to a similarly built box for any silly mistakes - deleting the lilo package and reinstalling (with config file purge) - upgrading the lilo package   .. all to no avail.   When running it with -v :   zulu:/# lilo -v LILO version 22.5.8, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2003 John Coffman Released 10-Oct-2003, and compiled at 20:07:39 on Feb  1 2004 Debian GNU/Linux   Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed Reading boot sector from /dev/hda3 <hangs here>   Followed the advice in /usr/share/doc/lilo/README.common.problems regarding problems after booting, and checked the geometry :   zulu:/# lilo -t -v5 LILO version 22.5.8 (test mode), Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2003 John Coffman Released 10-Oct-2003, and compiled at 20:07:39 on Feb  1 2004 Debian GNU/Linux   Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed raid_setup: dev=0303  rdev=0303 raid_setup returns offset = 00000000  ndisk = 0  BIOS   VolumeID   Device Reading boot sector from /dev/hda3 geo_get: device 0303, all=1 pf_hard_disk_scan: (22,0) /dev/hdc pf_hard_disk_scan: (22,1) /dev/hdc1 lookup_dev:  number=1600 lookup_dev:  number=1600 pf:  dev=1600  id=00000000  name=/dev/hdc geo_query_dev: device=1600 lookup_dev:  number=1600 lookup_dev:  number=0300 lookup_dev:  number=0340 exit geo_query_dev bios_dev:  device 1600 lookup_dev:  number=1600 bios_dev:  masked device 1600, which is /dev/hdc bios_dev: geometry check found 0 matches bios_dev: (0x81)  vol-ID=00000000  *PT=08076D76 bios_dev: (0x80)  vol-ID=57B5AE33  *PT=08076D2E bios_dev: PT match found 1 match (0x81) pf_hard_disk_scan: (3,0) /dev/hda pf_hard_disk_scan: (3,1) /dev/hda1 lookup_dev:  number=0300 lookup_dev:  number=0300 pf:  dev=0300  id=57B5AE33  name=/dev/hda geo_query_dev: device=0300 lookup_dev:  number=0300 exit geo_query_dev bios_dev:  device 0300 lookup_dev:  number=0300 bios_dev:  masked device 0300, which is /dev/hda bios_dev: geometry check found 0 matches bios_dev: (0x81)  vol-ID=00000000  *PT=08076D76 bios_dev: (0x80)  vol-ID=57B5AE33  *PT=08076D2E bios_dev: PT match found 1 match (0x80) pf_hard_disk_scan: (3,2) /dev/hda2 pf_hard_disk_scan: (3,3) /dev/hda3   1600  00000000  /dev/hdc   0300  57B5AE33  /dev/hda pf_hard_disk_scan: ndevs=2   0300  57B5AE33  /dev/hda   1600  00000000  /dev/hdc Resolve invalid VolumeIDs <hangs here>   zulu:/# lilo -Tgeom       bios=0x00, cylinders=80, heads=2, sectors=18         (  1.44Mb         2,880 sectors)        C:H:S supported (IBM PC bios)   BIOS reports 2 hard drives     bios=0x80, cylinders=1023, heads=255, sectors=63    vol-ID: 57B5AE33         ( 81.96Gb   160,086,528 sectors)        LBA32 supported (EDD bios)     bios=0x81, cylinders=1023, heads=255, sectors=63         ( 81.96Gb   160,086,528 sectors)        LBA32 supported (EDD bios)   Using -Tgeom completes OK.   Anyone have any ideas on this one ?   Thanks, Allan.   lilo.conf --------------   # Generated by liloconfig   # This allows booting from any partition on disks with more than 1024 # cylinders. lba32   # Specifies the boot device boot=/dev/hda3   # Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. # If the special name CURRENT is used, the root device is set to the # device on which the root file system is currently mounted. If the root # has been changed with  -r , the respective device is used. If the # variable ROOT is omitted, the root device setting contained in the # kernel image is used. It can be changed with the rdev program. root=/dev/hda3   # Enables map compaction: # Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single # read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the map # smaller. Using COMPACT is especially recommended when booting from a # floppy disk. # compact   # Default menu for Debian. (Using the images from debian-bootscreen) # from Philipp Wolfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. bitmap=/usr/share/lilo/contrib/debian.bmp bmp-colors=1,,0,2,,0 bmp-table=120p,173p,1,15,17 bmp-timer=254p,432p,1,0,0   # Install the specified file as the new boot sector. # LILO supports built in boot sectory, you only need # to specify the type, choose one from 'text', 'menu' or 'bitmap'. # new: install=bmp      old: install=/boot/boot-bmp.b # new: install=text     old: install=/boot/boot-text.b # new: install=menu     old: install=/boot/boot-menu.b or boot.b # default: 'menu' is default, unless you have a bitmap= line # Note: install=bmp must be used to see the bitmap menu. # install=menu install=bmp   # Specifies the number of _tenths_ of a second LILO should # wait before booting the first image.  LILO # doesn't wait if DELAY is omitted or if DELAY is set to zero. # delay=20   # Prompt to use certaing image. If prompt is specified without timeout, # boot will not take place unless you hit RETURN prompt timeout=50   # Specifies the location of the map file. If MAP is # omitted, a file /boot/map is used. map=/boot/map   # Specifies the VGA text mode that should be selected when # booting. The following values are recognized (case is ignored): #   NORMAL  select normal 80x25 text mode. #   EXTENDED  select 80x50 text mode. The word EXTENDED can be #     abbreviated to EXT. #   ASK  stop and ask for user input (at boot time). #   <number>  use the corresponding text mode. A list of available modes #     can be obtained by booting with  vga=ask  and pressing [Enter]. vga=normal   # These images were automagically added. You may need to edit something.   image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-P4SMP         label="DEB 2.4.20-1"         read-only   image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-P4SMP-Highmem         label="DEB 2.4.20-2"         read-only   image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.2-SMP         label="DEB 2.6.2-5"         read-only   # If you have another OS on this machine (say DOS), # you can boot if by uncommenting the following lines # (Of course, change /dev/hda2 to wherever your DOS partition is.) # other=/dev/hda2 #   label=dos