Re: [gentoo-user] lilo and SW-RAID-boot-partition

[Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>]

Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Greets, gentoo-users.
> 
> I have a lilo-related problem and can't find a solution on the net, so I
> ask you for ideas.
> 
> This box should boot from SW-RAID-1, and it has also already done that.
> After editing a label inside lilo.conf I issued "lilo" and got this:
> 

> # /etc/lilo.conf
> 
> menu-scheme=Wb:kw:Wb:Wb
> lba32
> 
> boot=/dev/md1
> raid-extra-boot="/dev/hda,/dev/hdc"
> change-rules
> reset
> read-only
> default=Gentoo
> timeout=5
> 
> #image=/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.18-gentoo-r6
> #label=2.6.18-r6
> #vga=0x314
> #initrd=/boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.18-gentoo-r6
> 
> image=/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5
> label=Gentoo
> vga=0x314
> initrd=/boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5
> 

> # cat /etc/fstab
> 
> /dev/md1                /boot           ext2            noauto,noatime  1 2
> /dev/md3                /               ext3            noatime         0 1
> /dev/md2                none            swap            sw              0 0
> /dev/md4                /mnt/data       ext3            noatime         0 1
> /dev/cdroms/cdrom0      /mnt/cdrom      iso9660         noauto,ro       0 0
> proc                    /proc           proc            defaults        0 0
> shm                     /dev/shm        tmpfs
> nodev,nosuid,noexec     0 0
> 

I think you might need a root=/dev/md3 inside the specification for 
'Gentoo':

  image=/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5
  label=Gentoo
  vga=0x314
  initrd=/boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5
  root=/dev/md3

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