Thanks for your response. RHEL works fine in same scenario; any explanation why? I mean what does RHEL do different here? Thanks and Regards, Pradipmaya. On Feb 4, 2008 6:10 PM, Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 15:58 -0800, Pradipmaya Maharana wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I am trying to install SLES 10.1 on my dual controller subsystem. The > > subsystem is ALUA aware and hence shows me 2 LUNs for one while trying > > to install SLES on it. > > > > If my LUN's preferred controller is 1 then everything goes fine, but > > if the preferred controller of the LUN I am installing OS on is 2, > > then installation goes fine but the boot fails. > > > > It throws some errors like root (hd1,1) could not found. When I modify > > this to too(hd0,1) it boots fine. > > > > What am I missing here? > > >From what you explain, looks like the kernel doesn't boot at all. You > are getting error from your BIOS/firmware. > > Your BIOS/firmware may not be multipath aware. > > > > > Regards, > > Pradipmaya. > > > > -- > > dm-devel mailing list > > dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chandra Seetharaman | Be careful what you choose.... > - sekharan@xxxxxxxxxx | .......you may get it. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > 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