3 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/NEWS b/perl-install/NEWS
index 5fb297038..adca4eb48 100644
--- a/perl-install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/NEWS
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 - display_release_notes.pl: don't use ::isInstall to position the release not
   window on top of everything (doesn't work on the Ones), use
   any::set_wm_hints_if_needed instead (#59155)
-- allow forcing raid metadata version
-- load raid metadata version
+- handle raid metadata version
+- force raid metadata to be 0.90 if /boot is on raid 1
 - fix detection of /var partition
 
 Version 13.28 - 19 May 2010
diff --git a/perl-install/fsedit.pm b/perl-install/fsedit.pm
index 6b71d372d..787d105b8 100644
--- a/perl-install/fsedit.pm
+++ b/perl-install/fsedit.pm
@@ -427,10 +427,26 @@ sub check_mntpoint {
     fs::get::mntpoint2part($mntpoint, [ grep { $_ ne $part } fs::get::really_all_fstab($all_hds) ]) and die N("There is already a partition with mount point %s\n", $mntpoint);
 
     if ($mntpoint eq "/" && isRAID($part) && !fs::get::has_mntpoint("/boot", $all_hds)) {
-	my $md_part = fs::get::device2part($part->{raid}, $all_hds->{raids});
 	cdie N("You've selected a software RAID partition as root (/).
 No bootloader is able to handle this without a /boot partition.
-Please be sure to add a /boot partition") if $md_part->{level} ne '1'; # lilo handles / on RAID1
+Please be sure to add a /boot partition") if $part->{level} ne '1'; # lilo handles / on RAID1
+	# LILO only handles 0.90 metadata
+	if ($part->{isFormatted} && $part->{metadata} && $part->{metadata} ne '0.90') {
+	    cdie N("Metadata version unsupported for a boot partition. Please be sure to add a /boot partition.");
+	} else {
+	    $part->{metadata} = '0.90';
+	}
+    }
+
+    if ($mntpoint eq "/boot" && isRAID($part))  {
+	die N("You've selected a software RAID partition as /boot.
+No bootloader is able to handle this.") if $part->{level} ne '1'; # lilo handles /boot on RAID1
+	# LILO only handles 0.90 metadata
+	if ($part->{isFormatted} && $part->{metadata} && $part->{metadata} ne '0.90') {
+	    die N("Metadata version unsupported for a boot partition.");
+	} else {
+	    $part->{metadata} = '0.90';
+	}
     }
 
     if ($mntpoint eq "/" && (isLUKS($part) || isRawLUKS($part)) && !fs::get::has_mntpoint("/boot", $all_hds)) {
diff --git a/perl-install/install/NEWS b/perl-install/install/NEWS
index b28c2a43e..b2f55a013 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/install/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 - fix detection of /var partition
+- force raid metadata to be 0.90 if /boot is on raid 1
 
 Version 13.27 - 18 May 2010