Bug 23451
| Summary: | Root-RAID1 + devfs install bug | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Need Real Name <daniele> |
| Component: | lilo | Assignee: | Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm> |
| Status: | CLOSED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | Brock Organ <borgan> |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 7.0 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i386 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2001-01-05 23:50:51 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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We do not support the use of devfs on Red Hat Linux systems. Installing to software RAID without the use of devfs works fine |
Hello, It seems to be impossible to install lilo from a running linux with 2.4+devfs on the MBRs, configuration that I'm currently running but without devfs. Take my config as an example: boot=/dev/md0 map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b .... image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0 ... root=/dev/md0 The problem is that if you specify boot=/dev/md0, lilo installs the boot records in the partition boot records and not in the master boot. This is beacause lilo asks via a ioctl to the md driver what are the devices contanining the RAID and the md driver correctly responds /dev/hda1 and /dev/hdd1. Casually, lilo shipped with redhat cuts the device name to 8 characters, using /dev/hda where it should have used /dev/hda1 and so, without devfs, lilo installs correctly. When devfs is used, lilo couldn't install anymore: [root@monitor lilo-21.6.1]# lilo boot = /dev/hda1, map = /boot/map.0301 Added linux * boot = /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part1, map = /boot/map.1641 Added linux * As you see, lilo is installed in hda1 and hdd1. As a quick workaround, I modified lilo to subtract 1 from the device number reported from md, using hda instead of hda1 and it installed correctly. So, the question is: Should lilo use the master boot or the partition boot sector when installing on a RAID1 set ? In either cases, something has to be fixed.