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From: Nico Schottelius <nicos@pcsystems.de>
To: mirabilos <eccesys@topmail.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Device Numbers, LILO
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 17:47:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B014FA5.D0BF4111@pcsystems.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010515121635.B5C402F84AC@www.topmail.de>


mirabilos wrote:

> >That's not the issue.  LILO takes whatever you pass to root= and converts
> >it to a device number at /sbin/lilo time.  An idiotic practice on the
> >part of LILO, in my opinion, that ought to have been fixed a long time
> >ago.
>
> That's why you have to use append="root=blah" for devfs :)

I don't really think you have to. With 'lba32'
enabled (maybe also without that ... ) and just using lilo
normally it works with devfs.


Nico

ps: lilo.conf:

boot=/dev/discs/disc0/disc
lba32
...
image = /boot/244nospeak
  root = /dev/root
  label = nospeak
  append = "LOC=HOME"



flapp:~/bootdisk # lilo -V
LILO version 21.6




  reply	other threads:[~2001-05-15 15:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-15 12:16 Device Numbers, LILO mirabilos
2001-05-15 15:47 ` Nico Schottelius [this message]
2001-05-15 16:04 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-05-15 20:58   ` Tim Fletcher
2001-05-15 21:20     ` H. Peter Anvin

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