Re: Installing RedHat on a SAN disk using kickstart

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On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 10:23:00PM -0700, Mukarram Syed wrote:
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated on this Subject of Installing RedHat on
> a SAN disk using Kickstart:
>

Download driver update disk for the HBA, and boot rhel installer with "linux
dd" to load it. See documentation for details.

If your HBA vendor is not providing dd, you can also create it yourself.
 
-- Pasi

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> 
> I have been using Kickstart to install RedHat Linux on local disks.  But a
> requirement arose in our department to install Linux on a SAN disk which I
> have never done before.
> 
> We will be using Emulex Card with lpfc drivers.  How could one incorporate
> loading the lpfc driver upon bootup so that it could recognize the SAN disk
> and install OS on this.  Should I rebuild the kernel or the initrd file to
> load the lpfc drivers?  If yes, how?
> 
> Which partitions will it use to install the OS (sda/sdb or something else)?
> 
> Please advice.
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> 
> Thanks Much in advance
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> 
> -Mukarram.
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>  

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