Lilo won't allow devfs

QuantumFunk · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 18

Ok, so I've got an IDE cdrom and a scsi hard drive. I get this error whenever I /sbin/lilo:

livecd linux # /sbin/lilo
Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure.
Name change: '/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc' -> '/dev/sda'
The kernel was compiled with DEVFS_FS, but 'devfs=mount' was omitted
as a kernel command-line boot parameter; hence, the '/dev' directory
structure does not reflect DEVFS_FS device names.
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Every time I start up, it panics because it can't mount the root partition. How do I get devfs=mount to work?

plasmagunman · l33t Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 604 Location: berlin

i suppose you bootet from a cd, mounted the gentoo-partitions and chrooted into them before installing lilo. you have to mount /dev also:

QuantumFunk · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 18

holy crap! nevermind, it seemed to work with hardened-sources-r1. disregard this

Deathwing00 · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:27 am Post subject:

Duplicate of https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=133403