Re: Delaying Fibre Channel cards during install

[Matt Hyclak <hyclak math ohiou edu>]

On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 11:01:40AM -0500, Brian Long enlightened us:
> > In the Release Notes for RHEL4, it is mentioned that certain kernel modules
> > for FC cards are delayed so that local disks are recognized first. My LSI
> > card (mptscsih) isn't listed among those modules (lpfc and qlcxxxx). Is
> > there any way I can ensure my 3ware module is loaded before the mpt modules,
> > causing my local disks to show up before my external storage? In addtion to
> > FC, I also have local SCSI controller which currently has no disks attached
> > to it, but it would be good to be able to be certain that the 3ware card is
> > loaded first so that kickstarts don't accidentally reformat something it's
> > not supposed to.
> 
> Pass "nostorage" on the kernel command line and then add "device scsi
> 3ware" or whatever the 3ware module is called in ks.cfg.
> 

Brilliant! 

Thanks,
Matt

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