I am not sure if anyone actually answered your question. Here is a
lilo.conf that worked for me:
boot=/dev/md0
root=/dev/md0
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
delay=20
vga=normal
append="panic=120"
lba32
default=Linux
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=Linux
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-backup
label=LinuxBackup
read-only
When lilo is run successfully, it creates files /boot/boot.0300 and
/boot/boot.1600 which are the boot sectors from /dev/hda and /dev/hdc,
respectively, which are in turn the components of the RAID-1 set:
md0 : active raid1 hdc1[1] hda1[0] 29768320 blocks [2/2] [UU]
This machine has the entire non-swap filesystem on /dev/md0. That is,
/dev/md0 is mounted as the root fs during boot and /boot is simply an
ordinary subdirectory of it. Since this is a RAID-1 set of two 30 GB
drives and the root fs is larger than 8.4 GB, "lba32" is used to boot
(regardless of RAID issues).
This system is running Debian 2.2 "potato" with Ingo Molnar's kernel
patches to the standard 2.2.14 kernel source, and a hand-compiled Lilo
21.4.1 dowloaded from:
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo/lilo-21.4.1.tar.gz
Note that this Lilo source kit already includes suport for RAID boot and
32-bit LBA for use with boot partitions larger than 8.4 GB.
-- Mike
On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Sean Millichamp wrote:
> I am running Red Hat 6.2.
>
> Here is my lilo.conf:
>
> boot=/dev/hda
> disk=/dev/sdf
> bios=0x81
> disk=/dev/sdg
> bios=0x82
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> default=linux
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
> label=linux
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.14-5.0.img
> read-only
> root=/dev/md0
>
> The mirror is between 2 partitions on /dev/sdf and /dev/sdg (one for /
> and one for /boot).
>
> When I run lilo I get this:
>
> [root@skynet /etc]# lilo -v
> LILO version 21, Copyright 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
>
> Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
> Merging with /boot/boot.b
> Sorry, don't know how to handle device 0x0901
>
> What should I do here? I know that the "standard" LILO needs the Red Hat
> patches to work but I am running Red Hat and I'm using the same LILO I did
> immediatly after making the RAID.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
