Re: LILO incompatibility with KVM?

[Andy Sy <andy.sy@neotitans.com>]

> Andy Sy wrote:
> I am trying to install Slackware on KVM-based
> VPS hosting and keep getting a "LILO keytable read
> / checksum error" upon booting.
>
> Grub-based distros install fine on said VPS.

 > Anthony Liguori wrote:
> 
> Are you using virtio disks?  It's probably that extboot doesn't 
> implement enough int13 functions for LILO.
> 
> If you have the option, switching to an IDE disk may be a work around.

 > Glauber Costa wrote:
 >
 > which version of kvm are you using?
 > I fixed a bug with those exact characteristics quite a while ago...

Hi guys,

Thanks for responding.

I was wondering if there is a LILO-based workaround (perhaps
something I can put in lilo.conf itself) to avoid having that
error show up?

I will try to ask our VPS hoster for the info above but the
hosting company may be leery of modifying their KVM setup
(immediately) just to accommodate my specific situation and we
need to get this LILO-based distro up and running in the
short-term.


Thanks,
Andy