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LILO strangeness after RAID install


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I just installed Mandrake 10CE on my system. Installation goes without a hitch, but upon reboot, I get this:

 

"L99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99" ... and so on for about half the screen. :wall:

 

System setup:

Asus P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard

Using the onboard Promise 378-based SATA-RAID controller with two 80GB SATA drives

Partitioning done during install using drakX

/boot is ext3 RAID1 on /dev/md0

/ is reiserfs RAID0 on /dev/md1

/usr is reiserfs RAID0 on /dev/md2

/home is resierfs RAID0 on /dev/md3

swap is RAID0 on /dev/md4

LILO is installed to /dev/md0

 

I suspect LILO is having trouble installing the bootloader to the RAID device, but I set it up for mirroring, so both HDD's should have a complete bootloader, right? Also tried to install to only one disk, but accidentally wrote LILO to my windows array (identical HDD's, Intel ICH5R SATA-RAID controller), same results at boot.

 

I was so happy that Mandrake finally supports my SATA controllers... I have been unable to run any form of Linux on this box for a year because there was no support (at least at install) for either SATA controller! Now that they're supported, I'd really like to get it running!

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the trouble is not lilo is that there is no more info on your partiton for booting.

 

it do the same thing when i remove a drive in my computer where lilo sits is data ;)

 

try to reinstall lilo with mandrake installation disc in the rescue options.

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