Apparently you have to update /etc/zipl.conf manually. I would have thought that Yast would have updated it when I changed the boot volume using the partitioner.
After updating /etc/zipl.conf manually, mkinitrd zipl I booted the image and it did come up with the by-path method. Then took it down and flashcopied it and booted the copy. And it came up, just like I wanted in the first place. Booting the flashcopied version was just to test that the flashcopy worked fine. Turns out that it was a good thing. My from system had a minidisk of 10015 cylinders and the to system had 10016 cylinders. SUSE 10 sure cared that it found another cylinder. VM and VSE sure don't care. From their point of view, you just wasted a cylinder. But SUSE errored out all over the place. Live and learn Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting >>> Adam Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/10/2008 2:50 PM >>> On Dec 10, 2008, at 2:37 PM, Tom Duerbusch wrote: > I'm trying to update a test system from using the 'by-id' to "by- > path" method. > Adam has an exec that nicely automates the process but I like to see > how the more legit way of doing it goes. > > When I go into the "partitioner" and update the FSTAB Options, it > does update the /etc/fstab file. However, it doesn't update the / > etc/zipl.conf file. > > The /etc/zipl.conf file doesn't get updated with the new 'by-path' > method when I do a zipl or mkinitrd either. > > So, what forces the zipl.conf file to be updated with the new access > method? That is, without editing the file directly? It *should* be doing it....well, a file should be created next to the current zipl.conf that does it. Send me the contents of your zipl.conf and I'll take a look. I've had a problem with my regexp not matching all the reasonable parmlines before; this might be the same. Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
