[Bug 1156494] Re: installer doesn't add initrd option in lilo.conf

[morozovvs]

I think the problem is deeper.
Original liloconfig creates lilo.conf with empty per-image section.
After applying recommended patch the liloconfig generates correct lilo.conf, but it differs from one generated during ubuntu install.
Ububtu installer generates lilo.conf reffering to symlinks in root directory. Liloconf generates config reffering directly to kernel and initrd images in /boot directory.

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Title:
  installer doesn't add initrd option in lilo.conf

Status in “lilo” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After installation of Ubuntu using netboot (ftp.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/installer/amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz+mini.iso) image with lilo as boot loader and non-standard root partition (encrypted) system can not boot - it can not mount root device. Busybox is unavailable.
  Some googling and analysing of boot process have shown that initrd option is missing in lilo.conf so initrd.img can not be loaded, so init scripts can not be executed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: lilo 1:23.2-2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-38.61-generic 3.2.37
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-38-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Mar 18 10:15:47 2013
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=ru:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: lilo
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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