On Tuesday 09 January 2007 22:04, Sridharan Ramaswamy (srramasw) wrote: > As anyone attempted to use GFS client on diskless Linux node to act as > its root file system? > > Thinking about the dependencies of GFS, the likes of CMAN, clvmd, gnbd > (if needed) should start before GFS during the boot up process. But the > concern is CMAN would need to read /etc/cluster/cluster.conf file which > won't be available. Other components might need something from > filesystem too, like CLVM might look for lvm.conf. Sounds like a chicken > & egg problem. > > As anyone got around these aspects and able to use GFS mount as a root > filesystem? > > Appreciate any ideas on this. have a look at www.open-sharedroot.org. Works like a charm. There should also be a HOWTO. Regards Marc. > > thanks, > Sridhar -- Gruss / Regards, Marc Grimme Phone: +49-89 452 3538-14 http://www.atix.de/ http://www.open-sharedroot.org/ ** ATIX - Ges. fuer Informationstechnologie und Consulting mbH Einsteinstr. 10 - 85716 Unterschleissheim - Germany -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
