Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - STORAGE ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 7-2007 Administration Manual page 21

/dev/sda1 /boot reiser defaults 1 1
3 In the Device Name column, modify the location of the /boot partition from /dev to /dev/
evms so it can be managed by EVMS. Modify only the device name by adding /evms to the
path:
/dev/evms/sda1 /boot reiser defaults 1 1
4 Save the file.
The changes do not take effect until the server is restarted. Do not restart at this time.
5 Continue with
"Make a New initrd" on page
Make a New initrd
1 Open a terminal console, and log in as the root user.
2 At the console prompt, enter
mkinitrd
This creates a new initrd file with the correct settings for the boot device. The changes do
not take effect until the server is restarted. Do not restart at this time.
3 Continue with "Disable the boot.lvm and boot.md Services" on page
Disable the boot.lvm and boot.md Services
Disable the boot.lvm and boot.md services so they do not run at boot time (runlevel B). EVMS
now handles the boot.
1 In YaST, click System > System Services (Runlevel) > Expert Mode.
2 Select boot.lvm.
3 Click Set/Reset > Disable the Service.
4 Select boot.md.
5 Click Set/Reset > Disable the Service.
6 Click Finish, then click Yes.
The changes do not take effect until the server is restarted. Do not restart at this time.
7 Continue with
"Enable the boot.evms Service" on page
Enable the boot.evms Service
The boot.evms service should be enabled automatically after the install, but you should verify
that it is enabled.
1 In YaST, click System > System Services (Runlevel) > Expert Mode.
2 Select boot.evms.
3 Click Set/Reset > Enable the Service.
The B runlevel option is automatically selected.
4 Click Finish, then click Yes.
The changes do not take effect until the server is restarted.
NOTE: Effective in SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, the /dev directory is on tmpfs, and the
device nodes are automatically re-created on boot. It is no longer necessary to modify the /
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