Re: questions/comments about new sarge installer & LILO

From: Paul Morgan (paulswm_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 11/30/03

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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 08:06:57 -0500

    On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 19:42:43 -0600, tripolar wrote:

    > I have used the new sarge installer alot in the last week and am pretty
    > impressed. Thanks to all responsible.
    > A few things that seem different are
    > 1) the way discs are labeled in lilo
    > for example:
    > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
    > I am guessing because Debian is the Universal OS and all the different
    > platforms it supports has warranted this change from /dev/hda1.
    > I need to figure out how to get lilo to pick up and boot /dev/hda2.
    > I ran lilo after editing lilo.conf- it didnt pick up m$ partition and
    > commented about name change because I used /dev/hda2 versus
    > .../target0/lun0/disc
    > Where are docs about /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc naming
    > scheme?
    >
    > 2)I was surprised to see lilo start straight way without any prompt nor
    > any delay. maybe I did something wrong :-)

    You have devfs installed, hence the new naming scheme. You should still
    be able to use the old /dev/hdXX sceme in lilo if you wish.

    Info on devfs from the author:

    http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.html

    You don't have to mess with devfs generally. You can just leave it as it
    is. It is, on the whole, a Good Thing (tm).

    Re your second question, examine your lilo.conf file. 

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