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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
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# 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 |
- lilo hangs at "Resolve invalid VolumeIDs" ?! Allan Houston
- Re: lilo hangs at "Resolve invalid VolumeIDs"... Andrés Roldán
- Allan Houston
