Re: [CentOS] Boot from FC SAN CentOS 5.1 x86-64

2008-03-18 Thread nate
Jim Perrin wrote: > Use the 'mpath' when you're installing, and that should pretty much > take care of it. The one issue that we had is that the Centos/RHEL > mpath option defaults to active/active pathing, so storage systems > that use active/passive (like our DS4700) can get angry unless you > c

Re: [CentOS] Boot from FC SAN CentOS 5.1 x86-64

2008-03-18 Thread Jim Perrin
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 5:56 PM, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see in the release notes that SAN boot is supported, but > doesn't give any special instructions. > > Anyone else booting CentOS directly from a FC SAN ? Any > special considerations needed for multipathing and > stuff when

[CentOS] Boot from FC SAN CentOS 5.1 x86-64

2008-03-17 Thread nate
Anything special needed to boot from a SAN in CentOS 5.1 x86-64 ? We have a new system running a QLA2342 FC HBA connected to a SAN, have a volume exported to it and would like to boot from it. We PXEboot kickstart and that works, the installer sees the disk, installs to it, and reboots. When GRUB