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13–Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
Booting from SAN After Installation
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3. Issue the following command to update the ramdisk:
 On RHEL 6.x [systems, issue: dracut -force
 On SLES 11 SPX systems, issue: mkinitrd
4. If you are using different name for the initrd under /boot:
a. Overwrite it with the default, because dracut/mkinitrd updates
the ramdisk with the default original name.
b. Verify that your appropriate entry for the boot from SAN setup uses the
correct or updated intrd name in /boot/grub/menu.lst.
5. To complete your driver upgrade, reboot the system and select the modified
grub boot entry that contains the updated initrd.
Errors During Windows FCoE Boot from SAN Installation
If any USB flash drive is connected while Windows setup is loading files for
installation, an error message will appear when you provide the drivers and then
select the SAN disk for the installation. The most common error message that
Windows OS installer reports is, “We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an
existing one. For more information, see the setup log files” (see Figure 13-35).
Figure 13-35. Windows Partition Error Message
In other cases, the error message may indicate a need to ensure that the disk's
controller is enabled in the computer’s BIOS menu.