Runlevel at boot prompt doesn't work with BusLogic command in "append"

From: Rob Ekl (rekl@mediaone.net)
Date: Thu Feb 10 2000 - 23:26:58 EST


Hi.

I recently added an additional command to my "append" field in
lilo.conf, and it causes the kernel to not recognize the run level
parameter at the boot prompt anymore. In other words, if I type "linux
1" at the LILO: prompt, or "linux 2" or "linux 3", etc, I still go to
the run level defined in the inittab. I made another entry in lilo.conf
without the extra "append" command, and the run level works as it
should.

Any help is appreciated.

Here's the relevant parts of lilo.conf:
boot=/dev/hda
linear
disk=/dev/sda
  bios=0x81
disk=/dev/sdb
  bios=0x82
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
default=linux

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14.3
  label=linux
  read-only
  root=/dev/sda2
  append="hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi BusLogic=QD:[64,,,,64]"
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14.3
  label=linux-work
  read-only
  root=/dev/sda2
  append="hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
image=... (other images, etc)

The "linux" label doesn't allow initial runlevel to be set at the
LILO prompt, but "linux-work" does. Other than the BusLogic command,
the two are identical.

Here's .config from /usr/src/linux:

CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
CONFIG_M686=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_1GB=y
CONFIG_MTRR=y
CONFIG_SMP=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y
CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
CONFIG_PARPORT=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m
CONFIG_APM=y
CONFIG_APM_POWER_OFF=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=m
CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_TCQ_ON_BY_DEFAULT=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_CMDS_PER_DEVICE=120
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY=5
CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC=y
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=y
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_NET_ISA=y
CONFIG_NET_EISA=y
CONFIG_NE2K_PCI=y
CONFIG_PPP=m
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
CONFIG_RTC=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=y
CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=m
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SECURE_HASH=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
CONFIG_NFSD=y
CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=y
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SOUND=m
CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m
CONFIG_SOUND_SB=m
CONFIG_SOUND_SOFTOSS=m
CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND=y
CONFIG_AWE32_SYNTH=m

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