HP StorageWorks A7298A Installation Manual page 41

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4. Add the following lines to the end of the file to add a new boot record for the

5. Add the following line to get multiple LUN support:

6. Run these commands to build the boot image. The boot image

7. Run these commands to check and load the boot image:

8. Reboot the system to incorporate the new driver. At the shell prompt, enter the

9. As the system reboots, you are prompted with LILO boot. At this point enter

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timeout=50

default=linux

image=/boot/vmlinuz-kernel_version

label=linux

root=/dev/sda8

initrd=/boot/initrd-kernel_version.imgread-only

driver:

image=/boot/vmlinuz-kernel_version

label=new_label

root=/dev/sda8

initrd=/boot/new_image_filenameread-only

append="max_scsi_luns=128"

Note:

Currently, lpfc is not supported as the root device, so keep the

"root=/dev/xxx" parameter the same.

append="max_scsi_luns=LUNs"

Where LUNs is the number of LUNs per SCSI device. Adding this line is

optional.

new_image_name must match the name specified in the /etc/lilo.conf file:

# rm -f /boot/new_image_filename

# /sbin/mkinitrd /boot/new_image_filename kernel_version

# lilo -t -v

# lilo -v

following:

# sync

# reboot

the name of the label of your boot image, new_label in the above example, or

just press enter and the default boot image will be loaded.

Installing the SCSI Miniport Driver

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