diff -Nur lilo-22.5.5.orig/geometry.c lilo-22.5.5/geometry.c
--- lilo-22.5.5.orig/geometry.c	2003-06-10 00:57:53.000000000 +0200
+++ lilo-22.5.5/geometry.c	2003-09-25 16:07:18.376354064 +0200
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 #ifdef LCF_REISERFS
@@ -26,6 +29,10 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 
+#ifdef LCF_DEVMAPPER
+#include <libdevmapper.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "config.h"
 #include "lilo.h"
 #include "common.h"
@@ -59,6 +66,25 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#ifdef LCF_DEVMAPPER
+typedef struct _dm_target {
+    struct _dm_target *next;
+    uint64_t start,length,offset;
+    int device;
+} DM_TARGET;
+
+typedef struct _dm_table {
+    struct _dm_table *next;
+    int device;
+    struct _dm_target *target;
+} DM_TABLE;
+
+int dm_version_nr = 0;
+int dm_major_list[16];
+int dm_major_nr = 0;
+DM_TABLE *dmtab = NULL;
+#endif
+
 #ifdef LCF_LVM
 struct lv_bmap {
     __u32 lv_block;
@@ -113,6 +139,12 @@
 {
     FILE *file;
     char line[MAX_LINE+1];
+#ifdef LCF_DEVMAPPER
+    struct dm_task *dmt;
+    char major_name[32];
+    char dm_version[32];
+    int major;
+#endif
     char *here;
     DT_ENTRY *entry;
     int disk_section,items;
@@ -121,29 +153,69 @@
 	if ((file = fopen(name,"r")) == NULL)
 	    die("open %s: %s",name,strerror(errno));
     }
-    else if ((file = fopen(DFL_DISKTAB,"r")) == NULL) return;
-    disk_section = !!disktab;
-    while (fgets(line,MAX_LINE,file)) {
-	here = strchr(line,'\n');
-	if (here) *here = 0;
-	here = strchr(line,'#');
-	if (here) *here = 0;
-	if (strspn(line," \t") != strlen(line)) {
-	    entry = alloc_t(DT_ENTRY);
-	    items = sscanf(line,"0x%x 0x%x %d %d %d %d",&entry->device,
-	      &entry->bios,&entry->sectors,&entry->heads,&entry->cylinders,
-	      &entry->start);
-	    if (items == 5) entry->start = -1;
-	    if (items < 5)
-		die("Invalid line in %s:\n\"%s\"",name ? name : DFL_DISKTAB,
-		  line);
-	    entry->next = disktab;
-	    disktab = entry;
-	    if (disk_section) die("DISKTAB and DISK are mutually exclusive");
-	    old_disktab = 1;
+    if (name || (file = fopen(DFL_DISKTAB,"r")) != NULL) {
+	disk_section = !!disktab;
+	while (fgets(line,MAX_LINE,file)) {
+	    here = strchr(line,'\n');
+	    if (here) *here = 0;
+	    here = strchr(line,'#');
+	    if (here) *here = 0;
+	    if (strspn(line," \t") != strlen(line)) {
+		entry = alloc_t(DT_ENTRY);
+		items = sscanf(line,"0x%x 0x%x %d %d %d %d",&entry->device,
+		  &entry->bios,&entry->sectors,&entry->heads,&entry->cylinders,
+		  &entry->start);
+		if (items == 5) entry->start = -1;
+		if (items < 5)
+		    die("Invalid line in %s:\n\"%s\"",name ? name : DFL_DISKTAB,
+		      line);
+		entry->next = disktab;
+		disktab = entry;
+		if (disk_section) die("DISKTAB and DISK are mutually exclusive");
+		old_disktab = 1;
+	    }
+	}
+	(void) fclose(file);
+    }
+
+#ifdef LCF_DEVMAPPER
+    if (!(dmt = dm_task_create(DM_DEVICE_VERSION)))
+	return;
+    if (!dm_task_run(dmt))
+	return;
+    if (!dm_task_get_driver_version(dmt, dm_version, sizeof dm_version))
+	return;
+
+    /*
+     * to not confuse returned device number formats %02x:%02x and %d:%d
+     * we assume here that the %02x:%02x format is only found in the ioctl
+     * interface version < 4 (this is really getting ugly...)
+     */
+    dm_version_nr = atoi(dm_version);
+
+    dm_task_destroy(dmt);
+
+    dm_major_nr = 0;
+    file = fopen("/proc/devices", "r");
+    if (!file) return;
+
+    do {
+	if (!fgets(line, (sizeof line)-1, file)) {
+	    (void) fclose(file);
+	    return;
 	}
+	line[(sizeof line)-1] = 0;
+    } while(strncmp(line, "Block", 5) != 0);
+
+    while(fgets(line, (sizeof line)-1, file)) {
+	if (sscanf(line, "%d %31s\n", &major, major_name) != 2) continue;
+	if (strcmp(major_name, "device-mapper") != 0) continue;
+	dm_major_list[dm_major_nr] = major;
+	if (++dm_major_nr > (sizeof dm_major_list)/(sizeof dm_major_list[0])) break;
     }
+
     (void) fclose(file);
+#endif
 }
 
 
@@ -693,6 +765,161 @@
 {
     DT_ENTRY *walk;
     int inherited,keep_cyls,is_raid=0;
+#ifdef LCF_DEVMAPPER
+    int i;
+
+    for(i = 0; i < dm_major_nr; i++)
+	if (MAJOR(device) == dm_major_list[i])
+	    break;
+    while (i < dm_major_nr) {
+	DM_TABLE *dm_table;
+
+	for(dm_table = dmtab; dm_table; dm_table = dm_table->next)
+	    if (dm_table->device == device)
+		break;
+
+	if (dm_table) {
+	    DM_TARGET *target;
+
+	     device = 0;
+	    for(target = dm_table->target; target; target = target->next)
+		device = target->device;
+	} else {
+	    DEVICE dev;
+	    struct dm_task *dmt;
+	    void *next = NULL;
+	    char dmdev[PATH_MAX+1];
+	    char buf[PATH_MAX+1];
+	    char *slash;
+	    int result;
+
+	    dev_open(&dev, device, -1);
+	    strncpy(dmdev, dev.name, PATH_MAX);
+	    dmdev[PATH_MAX] = 0;
+	    do {
+		if ((result = readlink(dmdev, buf, PATH_MAX)) < 0 && errno != EINVAL)
+		    die("device-mapper: readlink(\"%s\") failed with: %s",buf,
+			strerror(errno));
+		if (result >= 0) {
+		    buf[PATH_MAX] = 0;
+		    if (buf[0] != '/' && (slash = strrchr(dmdev, '/')) != NULL)
+			slash++;
+		    else
+			slash = dmdev;
+		    strncpy(slash, buf, PATH_MAX - (slash-dmdev));
+		}
+		if (realpath(dmdev, buf) == NULL)
+		    die("device-mapper: realpath(\"%s\") failed with: %s",dmdev,
+			strerror(errno));
+		strncpy(dmdev, buf, PATH_MAX);
+	    } while (result >= 0);
+	    dmdev[PATH_MAX] = 0;
+
+	    if (!(dmt = dm_task_create(DM_DEVICE_TABLE)))
+		die("device-mapper: dm_task_create(DM_DEVICE_TABLE) failed");
+	    slash = strrchr(dmdev, '/');
+		if (slash)
+	    slash++;
+		else
+	    slash = dmdev;
+	    if (!dm_task_set_name(dmt, slash))
+		die("device-mapper: dm_task_set_name(\"%s\") failed",dmdev);
+	    if (!dm_task_run(dmt))
+		die("device-mapper: dm_task_run(DM_DEVICE_TABLE) failed");
+
+	    dm_table = alloc_t(DM_TABLE);
+	    dm_table->device = device;
+	    dm_table->target = NULL;
+	    dm_table->next = dmtab;
+	    dmtab = dm_table;
+
+	    device = 0;
+
+	    do {
+		DM_TARGET *target;
+		uint64_t start,length;
+		int major,minor;
+		char *target_type,*params;
+		char *p;
+
+		next = dm_get_next_target(dmt, next, &start, &length,
+		  &target_type, &params);
+
+		if (!target_type) continue;
+
+		if (strcmp(target_type, "linear") != 0)
+		    die("device-mapper: only linear boot device supported");
+
+		target = alloc_t(DM_TARGET);
+		target->start = start;
+		target->length = length;
+		if (dm_version_nr < 4 &&
+		    isxdigit(params[0]) &&
+		    isxdigit(params[1]) &&
+		    params[2] == ':' &&
+		    isxdigit(params[3]) &&
+		    isxdigit(params[4])) { /* old 2.4 format */
+		    if (sscanf(params, "%02x:%02x %"PRIu64, &major, &minor, &target->offset) != 3)
+			die("device-mapper: parse error in linear params (\"%s\")", params);
+		} else if (isdigit(params[0]) &&
+			   strchr(params, ':')) { /* dm_bdevname/format_dev_t (>= 2.6.0-test4?) format */
+		    if (sscanf(params, "%u:%u %"PRIu64, &major, &minor, &target->offset) != 3)
+			die("device-mapper: parse error in linear params (\"%s\")", params);
+		} else { /* >= 2.5.69 format, this should go away soon */
+		    struct stat st;
+		    FILE *file;
+
+		    p = strrchr(params, ' ');
+		    if (p == NULL)
+			die("device-mapper: parse error in linear params (\"%s\")", params);
+		    *p = 0;
+		    sprintf(buf, "/dev/%s", params);	/* let's hope it's there */
+		    if (stat(buf, &st) == 0) {
+			if (!S_ISBLK(st.st_mode))
+			    die("device-mapper: %s is not a valid block device", buf);
+			major = MAJOR(st.st_rdev);
+			minor = MINOR(st.st_rdev);
+		    } else {				/* let's try sysfs */
+			int dev;
+			sprintf(buf, "/sys/block/%s/dev", params);
+			file = fopen(buf, "r");
+ 			if (!file)
+			    die("device-mapper: \"%s\" could not be opened. /sys mounted?", buf);
+			if (!fgets(buf, PATH_MAX, file))
+			    die("device-mapper: read error from \"/sys/block/%s/dev\"", params);
+			if (sscanf(buf, "%u:%u", &major, &minor) != 2) {
+			    if (sscanf(buf, "%x", &dev) != 1)
+				die("device-mapper: error getting device from \"%s\"", buf);
+			    major = MAJOR(dev);
+			    minor = MINOR(dev);
+			}
+			(void) fclose(file);
+		    }
+		    *p = ' ';
+		    if (sscanf(p+1, "%"PRIu64, &target->offset) != 1)
+			die("device-mapper: parse error in linear params (\"%s\")", params);
+		}
+		target->device = (major << 8) | minor;
+		if (!device)
+		    device = target->device;
+		target->next = dm_table->target;
+		dm_table->target = target;
+	    } while(next);
+
+	    dm_task_destroy(dmt);
+
+	    dev_close(&dev);
+	}
+
+	if (!device)
+	    die("device-mapper: Error finding real device");
+	geo->base_dev = device;
+
+	for(i = 0; i < dm_major_nr; i++)
+	    if (MAJOR(device) == dm_major_list[i])
+		break;
+    }
+#endif
 
     if (verbose>=5) printf("geo_get: device %04X, all=%d\n", device, all);
 #ifdef LCF_LVM
@@ -1031,14 +1258,50 @@
             die("EVMS boot volume cannot be on multiple disks.\n");
         sector = ebm.rsector + ((offset/SECTOR_SIZE) % geo->spb) + geo->start;
     }
-    else {
-        sector = block*geo->spb+((offset/SECTOR_SIZE) % geo->spb);
-        sector += geo->start;
-    }
-#else
-    sector = block*geo->spb+((offset/SECTOR_SIZE) % geo->spb);
-    sector += geo->start;
+    else
+#endif
+    {
+#ifdef LCF_DEVMAPPER 
+	int dev = geo->dev;
+	int i;
+#endif
+	sector = block*geo->spb+((offset/SECTOR_SIZE) % geo->spb);
+#ifdef LCF_DEVMAPPER 
+	for(i = 0; i < dm_major_nr; i++)
+	    if (MAJOR(dev) == dm_major_list[i])
+		break;
+	while (i < dm_major_nr) {
+	    DM_TABLE *dm_table;
+	    DM_TARGET *dm_target;
+
+	    for(dm_table = dmtab; dm_table; dm_table = dm_table->next)
+		if (dm_table->device == dev)
+		    break;
+	    if (!dm_table)
+		die("device-mapper: Mapped device suddenly lost? (%d)", dev);
+
+	    for(dm_target = dm_table->target; dm_target; dm_target = dm_target->next)
+		if (dm_target->start <= sector && sector < (dm_target->start+dm_target->length))
+		    break;
+	    if (!dm_target)
+		die("device-mapper: Sector outside mapped device? (%d: %u/%"PRIu64")",
+		    geo->base_dev, sector, (uint64_t)(dm_table->target ?
+		      (dm_table->target->start+dm_table->target->length) : 0));
+
+	    dev = dm_target->device;
+	    sector = dm_target->offset+(sector-dm_target->start);
+
+	    for(i = 0; i < dm_major_nr; i++)
+		if (MAJOR(dev) == dm_major_list[i])
+		    break;
+	}
+
+	if (dev != geo->dev && dev != geo->base_dev)
+	    die("device-mapper: mapped boot device cannot be on multiple real devices\n");
 #endif
+	sector += geo->start;
+    }
+
  /*   DON'T always use CHS addressing on floppies:     JRC   */
 /*    if ((geo->device & 0x80) && (linear || lba32)) {	*/
     if ((linear || lba32)) {
diff -Nur lilo-22.5.5.orig/Makefile lilo-22.5.5/Makefile
--- lilo-22.5.5.orig/Makefile	2003-06-16 21:05:19.000000000 +0200
+++ lilo-22.5.5/Makefile	2003-09-25 16:05:53.902196088 +0200
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 #   XL_SECS=n	  Support for extra large (non-standard) floppies.
 
 CONFIG=-DBDATA -DDSECS=3 -DEVMS -DIGNORECASE -DLVM -DONE_SHOT -DPASS160 \
-   -DREISERFS -DREWRITE_TABLE -DSOLO_CHAIN -DVERSION -DVIRTUAL
+   -DREISERFS -DREWRITE_TABLE -DSOLO_CHAIN -DVERSION -DVIRTUAL -DDEVMAPPER
 
 # set the compiler optimization level
 
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
 CFLAGS=$(OPT) -Wall -g $(PCONFIG) $(AFLAGS)
 LDFLAGS=#-Xlinker -qmagic
 
+DEVMAPPER=-ldevmapper
+
 OBJS=lilo.o raid.o map.o geometry.o boot.o device.o common.o bsect.o cfg.o \
   temp.o partition.o identify.o probe.o shs2.o loader.o edit.o
 
@@ -234,7 +236,11 @@
 		cp -p dparam.S dparam.s
 
 lilo:		mylilo.h $(OBJS)
+ifneq (,$(findstring DEVMAPPER,$(CONFIG)))
+		$(CC) -o lilo $(LDFLAGS) $(DEVMAPPER) $(OBJS)
+else
 		$(CC) -o lilo $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS)
+endif
 
 boot-text.b:	first.b second.b
 		(dd if=first.b bs=512 conv=sync; dd if=second.b) >boot-text.b