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);

     }