This is why udev sucks
790:~# lilo -v
LILO version 22.8, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2006 John Coffman
Released 19-Feb-2007, and compiled at 18:52:11 on Sep 21 2009
Debian GNU/Linux
Fatal: raid_setup: stat("/dev/cciss/c0d0")
790:~#
790:~#
790:~#
790:~# ps auxw|grep ^C
790:~# skill udevd
790:~# skill udevd
790:~# skill udevd
790:~# ps auxw|grep udev
root 25905 0.0 0.0 5952 628 pts/3 S+ 16:22 0:00 grep udev
790:~# cd /dev/
790:/dev# sh M^C
790:/dev# MAKE
MAKEDEV MAKEFLOPPIES
790:/dev# MAKE
MAKEDEV MAKEFLOPPIES
790:/dev# MAKEDEV cciss
.udevdb or .udev presence implies active udev. Aborting MAKEDEV invocation.
790:/dev# rm -fr .udev/
790:/dev# MAKEDEV cciss
790:/dev# lilo -v
LILO version 22.8, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2006 John Coffman
Released 19-Feb-2007, and compiled at 18:52:11 on Sep 21 2009
Debian GNU/Linux
Reading boot sector from /dev/cciss/c0d0 Using MENU secondary loader Calling map_insert_data
Boot image: /vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33 Added linux *
Boot image: /vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-rc5 Added linux.old
Writing boot sector. /boot/boot.6800 exists — no boot sector backup copy made.
