Bug 44379 - Disk druid don't add lba32 to lilo.conf when making a raid array above cyl 1024
Summary: Disk druid don't add lba32 to lilo.conf when making a raid array above cyl 1024
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Brent Fox
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-06-13 08:34 UTC by Geir Thomassen
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:33 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-06-13 08:34:03 UTC
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Description Geir Thomassen 2001-06-13 08:34:00 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Disk druid (anaconda) need to add the "lba32" option instead of the
"linear" option to lilo.conf when making a bootable raid array above cyl
1024. The result is that lilo fails to install, and the system won't boot.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create two partitions on two discs above cyl 1024
2.Add these two partitions to a raid 1 array (eg. md0) and assign this
array to / (root)
3.Continue installation, you will get an error message when anaconda tries
to run lilo.
4. Restart ....
	

Actual Results:  Lilo can't boot the system since lilo.conf was created
with the linear option instead of lba32. You have to boot on a floppy, and
fix lilo.conf.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Brent Fox 2001-06-21 19:19:59 UTC 
The entire partitioning subsystem is being rewritten, so this bug should not
appear in the future.
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