linux kernel's post-installation script corrupts lilo when it encounters a software raid error.

[Lawren Quigley-Jones]

Binary package hint: lilo

Ubuntu Hardy

linux-image-2.6.24-24-server 2.6.24-24.60
lilo 1:22.8-3.1ubuntu1
mdadm 2.6.3+200709292116+4450e59-3ubuntu3.1

A kernel upgrade identified a failed drive in a software mirror and refused to write changes to just one disk. From what I gathered, this fail state was hit after the second stage had been written to disk leaving an incompatible first/second stage pair. At very least this error message should include a warning that the system will be unbootable until the lilo install command is re-run with the -H option.

After the failed kernel upgrade lilo would fail to boot with the following error message:
EBDA is big; Kernel setup stack overlaps LILO second stage"

The apt failure was as follows:
Log started: 2009-09-27 23:33:54
Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-24-server (2.6.24-24.60) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-24-server
update-initramfs: lilo run failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-24-server:

Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed
Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure.
    Name change: '/dev/dm-0' -> '/dev/vg0/root'
Warning: Name change: '/dev/dm-1' -> '/dev/vg0/var'
Warning: Name change: '/dev/dm-2' -> '/dev/vg0/log'
Warning: Name change: '/dev/dm-3' -> '/dev/vg0/usr'
Warning: Name change: '/dev/dm-4' -> '/dev/vg0/home'
Warning: Name change: '/dev/dm-5' -> '/dev/vg0/swap'
Warning: Name change: '/dev/dm-6' -> '/dev/vg0/vmware'
Fatal: Not all RAID-1 disks are active; use '-H' to install to active disks only
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-24-server (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.24-24-server
Log ended: 2009-09-27 23:34:00

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package lilo - 1:23.2-1

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lilo (1:23.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Joachim Wiedorn ]
  * New upstream release:
    - Fix for larger kernel setup code. (Closes: #625266)
    - Update of manpages (mkrescue.8, lilo.conf.5).
  * Update of some patches; remove of some patches (now in upstream).
  * debconf scripts:
    - Update of French translation (fr.po). (Closes: #621845)
    - Update of Portuguese translation (pt.po). (Closes: #622642)
    - Update of Russian translation (ru.po). (Closes: #623794)
    - Update of Japanese translation (ja.po). (Closes: #624629)
  * debian/control:
    - Bump to Standards-Version 3.9.2 (without changes).
    - Remove mbr dependency for package lilo (no more needed).
    - Replace perl-modules dependency with variable ${perl:Depends}.

  [ Niels Thykier ]
  * Added DMUA flag.

lilo (1:23.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Joachim Wiedorn ]
  * debian/control:
    - Remove dependency to lilo in package lilo-doc. (Closes: #613753)
  * Fix: save errno for second command (device.c).
  * Fix: save file permissions for converted lilo.conf (Closes: #615103)
      and fix some typos in script lilo-uuid-diskid.
  * Fix: missleading error message in geometry.c. (Closes: #445264)
  * Reformatting of mkrescue manpage (thanks to M.E. Schauer).
      (Closes: #617282)
  * debconf scripts:
    - Fix typos in some debconf translation files. (Closes: #504733)
    - Use better style in debconf translations. (Closes: #312451, #504733)
    - Remove debconf code for managing old boot/boot.b and similar files.
    - Remove no more needed debian/lilo.lintian-overrides file.
    - Remove script liloconfig and all appropriate debconf code.
    - Update of German translation (de.po).
    - Update of French translation (fr.po). (Closes: #615936)
    - Update of Russian translation (ru.po). (Closes: #616691)
    - Update of Galician translation (gl.po).
    - Update of Danish translation (da.po). (Closes: #618004)
    - Update of Basque translation (eu.po). (Closes: #618253)
    - Update of Czech translation (cs.po). (Closes: #618711)
    - Update of Spanish translation (es.po). (Closes: #618813)
    - Update of Finnish translation (fi.po). (Closes: #618886)
    - Update of Italian translation (it.po). (Closes: #618801)
    - Update of Brazilian Portuguese translation. (Closes: #618738)
    - Update of Swedish translation (sv.po). (Closes: #618620)
  * Add new script liloconfig, using template with comments,
      works with UUID, LABEL and disk-id for root and boot options.
  * Add new manpage for liloconfig, update of other manpages.
  * Fix typos and phrases in manpage of lilo.conf. (Closes: #258472)

  [ Niels Thykier ]
  * Added Depends on perl-modules, since liloconfig needs it.

lilo (1:23.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release. (Closes: #339778)
  * Upstream bugfixes:
    - Option 'append' works with acpi=off. (Closes: #428390)
    - Working on degraded RAID-1 device. (Closes: #278373, #522283)
    - Working with MD v1.0 RAID-1 boot devices. (Closes: #598035)
    - Working with spaces in labels. (Closes: #287257)
    - Using new hook scripts for kernel and initrd only one...