Recommended update for LILO

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(Last modified: 11APR2005)

solutions Recommended update for LILO SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (b941d90cea2a60190ee9fdb3642d797b)

Applies to

Package: lilo
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER
Patch: patch-10003
Release: 20050411
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Everybody using Software RAID should update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

LILO produces unparsable yaboot.conf for FAT case. This leaves systems with root on softraid unbootable.

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:


rpm -Uvh lilo.rpm

More in-depth information about how to apply this package can be found here:
http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2005/06/rschmid_sp1_lilo.html

links to download packages

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for IBM POWER (ppc)

Download Source Packages

Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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