LVM and lilo and kernel 2.6.8

andreas.sumper_at_nimbus.at
Date: 11/17/04

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    Hi List!

    I have a system running sarge with 2 SATA - disks configured with lvm.
    I installed kernel-image 2.6.8-1-686 and everything worked fine. But now I
    need to start my old kernel (2.4.27 that is), which still resides in my
    /boot - partition.
    My / is a partition on lvm, which works very well.

    So I decided to change my lilo.conf and just write the new config into the
    mbr.

    But when I change /etc/lilo.conf and type lilo -t I get:
    Fatal: open /dev/hdc: No such device or address

    So I had a look at my mounted partitions:

    /dev/mapper/vg1-lv1 on / type xfs (rw)
    proc on /proc type proc (rw)
    sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
    devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
    tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
    /dev/mapper/vg1-lv2 on /domino type xfs (rw)
    usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)

    I decided to tell lilo to use /dev/mapper/vg1-lv1 as shown above by using
    -b, but all I get is the following:

    lilo -t -b /dev/mapper/vg1-lv1
    Ignoring entry 'boot'
    Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure.
        Name change: '/dev/dm-0' -> '/dev/fd/5'
    Fatal: Filesystem would be destroyed by LILO boot sector:
    /dev/mapper/vg1-lv1

    therefor I tried:

    lilo -t -b /dev/vg1/lv1

    with the following results...

    Ignoring entry 'boot'
    Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure.
        Name change: '/dev/dm-0' -> '/dev/fd/5'
    Fatal: Filesystem would be destroyed by LILO boot sector: /dev/vg1/lv1

    my /proc/partitions says:
    major minor #blocks name

       8 0 78150744 sda
       8 1 1951866 sda1
       8 2 76196295 sda2
       8 16 78150744 sdb
       8 17 1951866 sdb1
       8 18 76196295 sdb2
     254 0 52428800 dm-0
     254 1 41943040 dm-1

    Which is quite strange, as I do not have any sdX - Devices. At least I did
    not have any as long as I used 2.4.27!

    So isn't it possible to use lilo with 2.6.8 or what do I have to do to
    make it work correctly?

    Thanks in advance!!!
    Andy
     
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