Re: Bug affecting lilo

From: Chuck Lever (cel@monkey.org)
Date: Mon Feb 14 2000 - 15:46:32 EST


On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 root@kent.net wrote:
> Lately I've been running the development kernels, and the last few
> (since 2.3.43, maybe 42) there seems to be a bug affecting lilo - if i run
> lilo while running the devel kernel, my comp won't boot. It seems to be
> looking in the wrong spot for the kernel - lilo itself is starting
> fine. If I boot of a bootdisk and run lilo, everything works fine. I'm not
> on the list (used to be, but not enough time lately) so cc everything to
> kent_overstreet@hotmail.com

there's a bug in the kernel cmdline parser, which i haven't had the time
to track down. try adding a harmless option to your kernel cmdline in
/etc/lilo.conf, like this:

vga=1
read-only
root=/dev/hda1
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14
        label=stable14
        append="profile=4"
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

then run lilo as usual, and reboot. this will work around the parser bug.

        - Chuck Lever

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