Chapter 5 — Using the Client
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Virtual Storage Configuration (Linux Kernel 2.4)
Use the procedure below to configure your OS (Linux kernel 2.4) on your local computer. After configuring the
system, mount a local IDE CD/DVD ROM to the remote server.
Redhat AS3.0 (Linux kernel 2.4.x)
Using LILO
1. In
the
line
/etc/lilo.conf
, add the following:
append xxx=ide-scsi
(whereas xxx is the ID for the IDE CD/DVDROM to support)
For example:
---lilo.conf---
boot=/dev/had
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-40.EL
label=linux
initrd=/boot/initrd--2.4.21-40.EL.img
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root=/dev/hda1
append= "hdc=ide-scsi"
append= "hdd=ide-scsi"
Using
GRUB
If you are using GRUB to boot,
1. To the end of the kernel line, add the following
/etc/grub
.conf
xxx=scsi
(whereas xxx is the ID for the IDE CD/DVDROM to support)
For example:
---grub.conf---
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (2.4.21-40.EL)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-40.EL ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi
2. Reboot and verify by using the line that follows:
ls -al /dev/cdrom
Ensure the message displays as below:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root /dev/cdrom -> /dev/scd0
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