I re-reran LILO with "-v5" to get more details about this failure to run on Feisty. [code] gregturn@startrek:/boot$ sudo lilo -v5 LILO version 22.6.1, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2004 John Coffman Released 17-Nov-2004, and compiled at 13:54:18 on Mar 7 2007 Ubuntu Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed raid_setup: dev=0011 rdev=0900 pf_hard_disk_scan: (22,0) /dev/hdc pf_hard_disk_scan: (22,1) /dev/hdc1 lookup_dev: number=1600 lookup_dev: number=1600 pf: dev=1600 id=00022E56 name=/dev/hdc geo_query_dev: device=1600 lookup_dev: number=1600 lookup_dev: number=0300 exit geo_query_dev bios_dev: device 1600 lookup_dev: number=1600 bios_dev: masked device 1600, which is /dev/hdc bios_dev: geometry check found 0 matches bios_dev: (0x81) vol-ID=0003CA77 *PT=080778B6 bios_dev: (0x80) vol-ID=00022E56 *PT=0807786E bios_dev: PT match found 1 match (0x80) pf_hard_disk_scan: (22,64) /dev/hdd pf_hard_disk_scan: (22,65) /dev/hdd1 lookup_dev: number=1640 lookup_dev: number=1640 pf: dev=1640 id=0003CA77 name=/dev/hdd geo_query_dev: device=1640 lookup_dev: number=1640 exit geo_query_dev bios_dev: device 1640 lookup_dev: number=1640 bios_dev: masked device 1640, which is /dev/hdd bios_dev: geometry check found 0 matches bios_dev: (0x81) vol-ID=0003CA77 *PT=080778B6 bios_dev: (0x80) vol-ID=00022E56 *PT=0807786E bios_dev: PT match found 1 match (0x81) pf_hard_disk_scan: (9,0) /dev/md0 pf_hard_disk_scan: (254,0) /dev/dm-0 lookup_dev: number=FE00 Caching device /dev/evms/.nodes/hdd1 (0xFE00) Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure. Name change: '/dev/dm-0' -> '/dev/evms/.nodes/hdd1' pf_hard_disk_scan: (254,1) /dev/dm-1 lookup_dev: number=FE01 Caching device /dev/evms/.nodes/hdc1 (0xFE01) Name change: '/dev/dm-1' -> '/dev/evms/.nodes/hdc1' pf_hard_disk_scan: (254,2) /dev/dm-2 lookup_dev: number=FE02 Caching device /dev/evms/lvm2/startrekvg/boot (0xFE02) Name change: '/dev/dm-2' -> '/dev/evms/lvm2/startrekvg/boot' pf_hard_disk_scan: (254,3) /dev/dm-3 lookup_dev: number=FE03 Caching device /dev/evms/lvm2/startrekvg/root (0xFE03) Name change: '/dev/dm-3' -> '/dev/evms/lvm2/startrekvg/root' pf_hard_disk_scan: (254,4) /dev/dm-4 lookup_dev: number=FE04 Caching device /dev/evms/lvm2/startrekvg/swap (0xFE04) Name change: '/dev/dm-4' -> '/dev/evms/lvm2/startrekvg/swap' pf_hard_disk_scan: (254,5) /dev/dm-5 lookup_dev: number=FE05 Caching device /dev/mapper/startrekvg-swap (0xFE05) Name change: '/dev/dm-5' -> '/dev/mapper/startrekvg-swap' pf_hard_disk_scan: (254,6) /dev/dm-6 lookup_dev: number=FE06 Caching device /dev/mapper/startrekvg-boot (0xFE06) Name change: '/dev/dm-6' -> '/dev/mapper/startrekvg-boot' pf_hard_disk_scan: (254,7) /dev/dm-7 lookup_dev: number=FE07 Caching device /dev/mapper/startrekvg-root (0xFE07) Name change: '/dev/dm-7' -> '/dev/mapper/startrekvg-root' 1600 00022E56 /dev/hdc 1640 0003CA77 /dev/hdd pf_hard_disk_scan: ndevs=2 1600 00022E56 /dev/hdc 1640 0003CA77 /dev/hdd Resolve invalid VolumeIDs Resolve duplicate VolumeIDs 1600 00022E56 /dev/hdc 1640 0003CA77 /dev/hdd device codes (user assigned pf) = 0 device codes (user assigned) = 0 device codes (BIOS assigned) = 3 device codes (canonical) = 3 lookup_dev: number=0900 RAID info: nr=2, raid=2, active=2, working=2, failed=0, spare=0 md: RAIDset device 0 = 0xFE00 lookup_dev: number=FE00 lookup_dev: number=FE00 geo_get: device 1640, all=1 geo_query_dev: device=1640 lookup_dev: number=1640 exit geo_query_dev bios_dev: device 1640 lookup_dev: number=1640 bios_dev: masked device 1640, which is /dev/hdd bios_dev: geometry check found 0 matches bios_dev: (0x81) vol-ID=0003CA77 *PT=080778B6 bios_dev: (0x80) vol-ID=00022E56 *PT=0807786E bios_dev: PT match found 1 match (0x81) Device 0x1640: BIOS drive 0x81, 255 heads, 19457 cylinders, 63 sectors. Partition offset: 0 sectors. registering bios=0x81 device=0x1640 Using Volume ID 0003CA77 on bios 81 RAID scan: geo_get: returns geo->device = 0x81 for device FE00 Fatal: is_primary: Not a valid device 0xFE00 [/code]