Re: persistent scsi with udev

[Andreas Moroder <andreas.moroder@sb-brixen.it>]

Michael Reed schrieb:
> While you didn't explicitly mention which distro you're using, some already
> have udev in their initrd.  If this applies in your case, you should be able
> to change the root= parameter passed to the kernel to specify your root device
> via a persistent name.  For example:
> 
> 	root=/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:01:03.0-scsi-0:0:1:0p1
> 
> You can do the same in your /etc/fstab for the root device.
> 
> You can ALSO change the order in which modules are loaded via /etc/modprobe.conf,
> or /etc/sysconfig/kernel, or something similar for your distro, so that the driver
> for your root device is always loaded first.
> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
> Mike
> 
hello Mike,

we use SLES 10.
The direct path is THE solution.

Thanks
Andreas