Upgrade Installation In An Environment Where An Hdlm Device Is Used As A Boot Disk - Hitachi XP P9500 User Manual

3. Creating an HDLM Environment
29. If LILO is used as the boot loader, execute the
the new settings take effect.
30. Shut down the host.
Execute the following command to shut down the host:
# shutdown -h now
31. Change the configuration from a single-path configuration to a multi-path
configuration.
32. Start the host.
33. Execute the
The following shows an execution example for when
loader:
# mount
/dev/sddlmaa2 on / type ext2 (rw)
/dev/sddlmaa1 on /boot type ext2 (rw)
/dev/sddlmaa4 on /tmp type ext2 (rw)
/dev/sddlmaa5 on /var type ext2 (rw)
/dev/sddlmaa6 on /usr type ext2 (rw)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
Check the underlined section.
34. If Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10, or SUSE
LINUX Enterprise Server 11 is used, make sure that the HDLM device is
allocated to the swap partition.
Make sure that the HDLM device name is displayed in the
the
/proc/swaps
3.7.4 Upgrade Installation in an Environment Where an HDLM
Device Is Used as a Boot Disk
This subsection explains how to perform an upgrade installation of HDLM and specify
environment settings in a multi-path configuration boot disk environment using the
HDLM device.
Note that if settings are incorrect, the OS might not start. For details about what action
to take if the OS cannot be started from an HDLM device, see 3.7.7 Countermeasures
for Unsuccessful Startup of the OS from an HDLM Device.
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command to check that the HDLM device is mounted.
mount
:
:
file.
command to have
/sbin/lilo
is used as the boot
GRUB
column of
Filename