my kernel compiling and lilo

afreitascs · 06-22-2008, 12:48 PM

My question ....(?)

root@coringa:/mnt/antonio# lilo
/proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
Added Slackware12.1 *
Added Windows

My lilo ...

Quote:

# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
# Append any additional kernel parameters:
append=" vt.default_utf8=0"
boot = /dev/hda
LBA32

# Boot BMP Image.
# Bitmap in BMP format: 640x480x8
bitmap = /boot/slack.bmp
# Menu colors (foreground, background, shadow, highlighted
# foreground, highlighted background, highlighted shadow):
bmp-colors = 255,0,255,0,255,0
# Location of the option table: location x, location y, number of
# columns, lines per column (max 15), "spill" (this is how many
# entries must be in the first column before the next begins to
# be used. We don't specify it here, as there's just one column.
bmp-table = 60,6,1,16
# Timer location x, timer location y, foreground color,
# background color, shadow color.
bmp-timer = 65,27,0,255

# Standard menu.
# Or, you can comment out the bitmap menu above and
# use a boot message with the standard menu:
#message = /boot/boot_message.txt

# Wait until the timeout to boot (if commented out, boot the
# first entry immediately):
prompt
# Timeout before the first entry boots.
# This is given in tenths of a second, so 600 for every minute:
timeout = 300
# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
change-rules
reset
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
vga = 771
# Normal VGA console
# vga = normal
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
# vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
# vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
# vga=773
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
# vga=788
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
# vga=787
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
# vga=771
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
# vga=785
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
# vga=784
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
# vga=769
# End LILO global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda5
label = Slackware12.1
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
#other = /dev/hda10
# label = Slackteste
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Windows bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hda1
label = Windows
table = /dev/hda
# Windows bootable partition config ends

thanks

afreitascs

ps:My En is bad ....:-(

kummiliim · 06-22-2008, 01:57 PM

Well, reboot and see if the new kernel works. No need to worry about a little warning. : ) I'd however suggest you make the old kernel bootable in lilo as well in case there's a problem with the new one.

afreitascs · 06-22-2008, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kummiliim

Well, reboot and see if the new kernel works. No need to worry about a little warning. : ) I'd however suggest you make the old kernel bootable in lilo as well in case there's a problem with the new one.

New kernel works !
My Slack works fine ...

but ,...Why this?

Quote:

/proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.

with kernel compiled ???

thanks

afreitascs :-)

ps: my en is bad !

kummiliim · 06-23-2008, 03:19 AM

This is the device mapper it's looking for. I never had it and also get the warning all the time and don't even know exactly what it does but as everything works, why fix it?

wadsworth · 06-23-2008, 08:17 AM

You'll need it if you want to build TrueCrypt,
or use dm-crypt, software RAID or LVM.

device-mapper Wikipedia article

BTW this has nothing to do with lilo.conf.
It's an option you left out of the kernel config.

T3slider · 06-23-2008, 12:09 PM

See this thread for more information, as well as the solution to making those warning messages disappear.

afreitascs · 06-26-2008, 10:37 PM

Now LILO no problem !!! :-)

Quote:

Device Drivers --->
[*] Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM) --->

#--- Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM)
< > RAID support
<*> Device mapper support
[ ] Device mapper debugging support
<*> Crypt target support
<M> Snapshot target (EXPERIMENTAL)
<M> Mirror target (EXPERIMENTAL)
<M> Zero target (EXPERIMENTAL)
<M> Multipath target (EXPERIMENTAL)
<M> EMC CX/AX multipath support (EXPERIMENTAL)
<M> LSI/Engenio RDAC multipath support (EXPERIMENTAL)
<M> HP MSA multipath support (EXPERIMENTAL)
< > I/O delaying target (EXPERIMENTAL)
[ ] DM uevents (EXPERIMENTAL)

root@coringa:/mnt/antonio# lilo
Added Slackware12.1 *
Added Slackteste
Added Windows
root@coringa:/mnt/antonio#

Thanks :-))
afreitascs