Here are some details: linux-qeh4:~ # ls -al /dev/disk/by-id/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 180 Jan 16 10:39 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 100 Jan 16 10:12 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 16 10:12 edd-int13_dev80 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 10:12 edd-int13_dev80-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 10:12 edd-int13_dev80-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 16 10:12 scsi-222f2000155c11879 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 10:12 scsi-222f2000155c11879-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 10:12 scsi-222f2000155c11879-part2 -> ../../sda2 linux-qeh4:~ # linux-qeh4:~ # linux-qeh4:~ # cat /etc/fstab /dev/system/root / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 acl,user_xattr 1 2 /dev/system/swap swap swap defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 linux-qeh4:~ # linux-qeh4:~ # linux-qeh4:~ # uname -a Linux linux-qeh4 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp #1 SMP Thu May 17 14:00:09 UTC 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux linux-qeh4:~ # linux-qeh4:~ # mount /dev/mapper/system-root on / type reiserfs (rw,acl,user_xattr) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5) /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw,acl,user_xattr) securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) Let me know if you need any other information. Malahal, are you saying that I should mount the "/" and "swap" by volume label and it should be able to boot fine? Thanks and Regards, Pradipmaya. On Jan 16, 2008 9:36 AM, <malahal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Pradipmaya Maharana [pradipmaya@xxxxxxxxx] wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Thanks for all your comments, it worked for installaions on partitions. > > > > Now the question is: > > Is it supposed to work the same way if the SLES is installed on LVM? > > Hmmm, I don't know if LVM devices have by-id names. I never installed > SLES on LVM with multipath. Label is your best friend with LVM and that > is what RHEL uses, I believe. > > > On SLES, under fstab, I do not see any device, except for the boot > > device; other entries does not have /dev/deisk mention. In such > > scenario, how am I supposed to make the /root device multipath-aware? > > They probably have labels??? > > > -- > dm-devel mailing list > dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel > -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
