Re: lilo and 2.5.69?

[Helge Hafting]

On Sun, May 11, 2003 at 03:09:45PM +0200, Gregoire Favre wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Normally I have in my lili.conf:
> 
> append = "root=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target15/lun0/part2 video=matrox:1600x1200-16@75"
> 
> But I got:
> 
> Fatal: open /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/par: No such file or
> directory
> Exit 1
> 
> Same if I put:
> root=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target15/lun0/part2
> 
> Or root=/dev/sdb2
> 
> Is there something special to do with this new kernel?

Looks like a bug that truncates long device names.
Looks like your'e using devfs, using
/dev/discs/discX/part2
is a fine workaround - because it is short enough.
Replace the X with whatever number your
host0-target15 disk has.

Helge Hafting