diff -urN lilo-23.0/src/common.c lilo-23.0-alt-raid_index/src/common.c
--- lilo-23.0/src/common.c	2010-06-29 00:45:41.000000000 +0300
+++ lilo-23.0-alt-raid_index/src/common.c	2013-09-23 05:21:36.000000000 +0300
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #ifndef SHS_MAIN
 LILO_EXTRA extra;
 char *identify = NULL;
-int boot_dev_nr, raid_index, do_md_install;
+int boot_dev_nr, raid_index = -1, do_md_install;
 int verbose = 0, test = 0, compact = 0, linear = 0, raid_flags = 0, zflag = 0,
       ireloc = 0, force_fs = 0, force_raid = 0, extended_pt = 0, query = 0,
       nowarn = 0, lba32 = 0, autoauto = 0, passw = 0, geometric = 0, eflag = 0;
diff -urN lilo-23.0/src/geometry.c lilo-23.0-alt-raid_index/src/geometry.c
--- lilo-23.0/src/geometry.c	2010-06-29 00:45:41.000000000 +0300
+++ lilo-23.0-alt-raid_index/src/geometry.c	2013-09-23 05:21:36.000000000 +0300
@@ -1123,17 +1123,16 @@
 	    die("Only RAID1 devices are supported for boot images");
 	raid_limit = md_array_info.raid_disks + md_array_info.spare_disks;
 
-	/* version 22.7 */
-#if 1
+if (raid_index >= 0)
+{
 	is_raid = (device==boot_dev_nr);
 	md_disk_info.number = raid_index;
 	if (ioctl(md_fd,GET_DISK_INFO,&md_disk_info) < 0)
 	    die("GET_DISK_INFO: %s", mdxxx);
 	device = MKDEV(md_disk_info.major, md_disk_info.minor);
 
-#else		/* prior to 22.7 */
-{
-int pass;
+} else {
+	int pass, dev;
    	for (pass = 0; pass < raid_limit; pass++) {
 	    md_disk_info.number = pass;
 	    if (ioctl(md_fd,GET_DISK_INFO,&md_disk_info) < 0)
@@ -1152,12 +1151,13 @@
 /* this change may be in error; the correct comparison is == */
 		is_raid = (device!=boot_dev_nr);
 #endif
-	        device = MKDEV(md_disk_info.major, md_disk_info.minor);
+	        dev = MKDEV(md_disk_info.major, md_disk_info.minor);
+		if (!dev) continue;
+		device = dev;
 		break;
 	    }
 	}
 }
-#endif	/* end of code prior to version 22.7 */
 
 	close(md_fd);
     }