After The Server Install - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - STORAGE ADMINISTRATION GUIDE FOR EVMS Administration Manual

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
When you boot the system, the kernel reads the /etc/fstab file to identify which file systems
should be mounted and then mounts them. This file contains a table of file system information about
the root (/), /boot, and swap partitions plus other partitions and file systems you want to mount.
The /boot partition is separate from the EVMS container where you placed the root (/) and swap
partitions and is not managed by EVMS at this time. However, in the following steps, you disable
boot.lvm and boot.md, then enable boot.evms. In effect, this forces EVMS to scan all the
partitions at boot time, including the /boot partition, and it activates /boot under the /dev/
evms directory. Therefore, this makes /boot a partition that is discovered by EVMS at startup,
and requires that the device be listed under /dev/evms in the fstab file so it can be found when
booting with boot.evms.
After the install, you must edit the /etc/fstab file to modify the location of the /boot partition
so it is under the /dev/evms directory.
IMPORTANT: When working in the /etc/fstab file, do not leave any stray characters or
spaces in the file. This is a configuration file, and it is highly sensitive to such mistakes.
1 Open the /etc/fstab file in a text editor.
2 Locate the line that contains the /boot partition.
3 In the Device Name column, modify the location of the /boot partition from /dev to /dev/
4 Save the file.
5 Continue with
20 SLES 10 Storage Administration Guide for EVMS
"Edit the /etc/fstab File" on page 20
"Disable the boot.lvm and boot.md Services" on page 21
"Enable the boot.evms Service" on page 21
"Reboot the Server" on page 21
"Verify the System Services" on page 21
For example, if your /boot partition uses device sda1 and the Reiser file system, look for a
line similar to this:
/dev/sda1 /boot reiser defaults 1 1
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
The changes do not take affect until the server is restarted. Do not reboot at this time.
"Disable the boot.lvm and boot.md Services" on page 21.