lilo -v -t says nothing?

[Alan Cohen]

On Sun, 2003-12-14 at 19:59, Fred Nastos wrote:
> On December 14, 2003 07:50 pm, Alan Cohen wrote:
> >
> > up2date downloaded a new kernel and now (when I want to test it)
> > /sbin/lilo -v -t says little or nothing!
> 
> Can you show us the output of
> 	$] ls /boot

cd /boot
ls -ld *
(All files owner=root group=root)
-rw-r--r--    1       512 Oct  8 09:28 boot.0300
-rw-r--r--    1       512 Oct  8 09:28 boot.0340
-rw-r--r--    1      5824 Jan 25  2003 boot.b
-rw-r--r--    1       612 Jan 25  2003 chain.b
-rw-r--r--    1     44696 Aug 18 11:34 config-2.4.20-20.9
-rw-r--r--    1     44696 Dec  1 11:56 config-2.4.20-24.9
-rw-r--r--    1     44252 Feb 27  2003 config-2.4.20-6
drwxr-xr-x    2      1024 Dec  6 22:10 grub
-rw-r--r--    1    157175 Oct  7 18:46 initrd-2.4.20-20.9.img
-rw-rw-r--    1    156943 Dec  6 22:10 initrd-2.4.20-24.9.img
-rw-r--r--    1    157782 Sep 29 20:55 initrd-2.4.20-6.img
-rw-r--r--    1       479 Sep 29 21:38 kernel.h
drwx------    2     12288 Sep 29 16:51 lost+found
-rw-------    1     31744 Oct  8 09:59 map.0301
-rw-------    1     31744 Oct  8 09:59 map.0341
-rw-r--r--    1     23108 Feb 24  2003 message
-rw-r--r--    1     21282 Feb 24  2003 message.ja
lrwxrwxrwx    1        23 Dec  6 22:10 module-info -> module-info-2.4.20-24.9
-rw-r--r--    1     15438 Aug 18 11:34 module-info-2.4.20-20.9
-rw-r--r--    1     15438 Dec  1 11:56 module-info-2.4.20-24.9
-rw-r--r--    1     15436 Feb 27  2003 module-info-2.4.20-6
-rw-r--r--    1       640 Jan 25  2003 os2_d.b
lrwxrwxrwx    1        22 Dec  6 22:36 System.map -> System.map-2.4.20-20.9
-rw-r--r--    1    520771 Aug 18 11:34 System.map-2.4.20-20.9
-rw-r--r--    1    520771 Dec  1 11:56 System.map-2.4.20-24.9
-rw-r--r--    1    518292 Feb 27  2003 System.map-2.4.20-6
-rw-r--r--    1   3180534 Aug 18 11:34 vmlinux-2.4.20-20.9
-rw-r--r--    1   3180534 Dec  1 11:56 vmlinux-2.4.20-24.9
-rw-r--r--    1   3149037 Feb 27  2003 vmlinux-2.4.20-6
lrwxrwxrwx    1        19 Dec  6 22:10 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.4.20-24.9
-rw-r--r--    1   1117322 Aug 18 11:34 vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9
-rw-r--r--    1   1117198 Dec  1 11:56 vmlinuz-2.4.20-24.9
-rw-r--r--    1   1117057 Feb 27  2003 vmlinuz-2.4.20-6

> and can you tell us what distribution you are using (I assume some form of 
> redhat since you are using up2date).

RedHat 9.0
uname -a
	Linux tsx3 2.4.20-20.9 #1 Mon Aug 18 11:27:43 EDT 2003 
	i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
 
> It was my understanding that up2date properly installs the kernel, and runs 
> /sbin/lilo for you, and if that fails then it tells you... but I may be 
> mistaken.

up2date did modify lilo.conf but didn't run /sbin/lilo
(However it did advise me to do so.) In any case, I would have at least
expected  /sbin/lilo -t  to at least say something like 
	"The boot sector and the map files has NOT been altered"

> > /etc/lilo.conf ------------------------------------------------
> > prompt
> > timeout=50
> > ##default=linux
> > default=2.4.20-20.9
> > boot=/dev/md0
> > map=/boot/map
> > install=/boot/boot.b
> > message=/boot/message
> > linear
> >
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-24.9
> > ###	label=linux
> > 	label=2.4.20-24.9
> > 	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-24.9.img
> > 	read-only
> > 	root=/dev/md1
> >
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9
> > 	label=2.4.20-20.9
> > 	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-20.9.img
> > 	read-only
> > 	root=/dev/md1
> >
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-6
> > 	label=2.4.20-20.6
> > 	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-6.img
> > 	read-only
> > 	root=/dev/md1
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