After The Server Install - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP3 - STORAGE ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 2-23-2010 Administration Manual

IMPORTANT: After the install is complete, make sure to perform the mandatory post-install
configuration of the related system settings to ensure that the system device functions properly
under EVMS. Otherwise, the system fails to boot properly.
For information, see

2.1.3 After the Server Install

After the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 install is complete, you must perform the following
tasks to ensure that the system device functions properly under EVMS:
"Edit the /etc/fstab File" on page 20
"Make a New initrd" on page 21
"Disable the boot.lvm and boot.md Services" on page 21
"Enable the boot.evms Service" on page 21
"Restart the Server" on page 22
"Verify the System Services" on page 22
Edit the /etc/fstab File
When you boot the system, the kernel reads the
should be mounted and then mounts them. This file contains a table of file system information about
the root ( ),
/
The
/boot
partitions and is not managed by EVMS at this time. However, in the following steps, you disable
boot.lvm
partitions at boot time, including the
directory. Therefore, this makes
requires that the device be listed under
with
boot.evms
so it is under the
In , the entry for the boot device might present the boot device by the device node name (such
fstab
as
/dev/sda1
SServeRA_Drive_1_600BC00000-part1
changed to include
The procedure in this section shows how to change
with the device name of the device you used for your
IMPORTANT: When working in the
in the file. This is a configuration file, and it is highly sensitive to such mistakes.
To modify the path of the boot device in the
1 Open the
2 Locate the line that contains the
For example, if your
line similar to this:
20 SLES 10 SP3: Storage Administration Guide
"After the Server Install" on page
, and partitions plus other partitions and file systems you want to mount.
/boot swap
partition is separate from the EVMS container where you placed the root (
and , then enable
boot.md
/boot
. You must edit the
directory.
/dev/evms
) or by the UUID pathname (such as
in the path, such as
evms
file in a text editor.
/etc/fstab
partition uses device
/boot
20.
/etc/fstab
. In effect, this forces EVMS to scan all the
boot.evms
partition, and it activates
/boot
a partition that is discovered by EVMS at startup, and
in the
/dev/evms fstab
file to modify the location of the
/etc/fstab
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-
). In ether case, that name for the boot device must be
/dev/evms/sda1
/dev/sda1
partition.
/boot
file, do not leave any stray characters or spaces
/etc/fstab
file, complete the following procedure:
/etc/fstab
partition.
/boot
and the Reiser file system, look for a
sda1
file to identify which file systems
/
under the
/boot
file so it can be found when booting
/boot
.
to . Replace
/dev/evms/sda1
) and
swap
/dev/evms
partition
sda1