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<DIV><SPAN class=240345718-09012007>As anyone attempted to use GFS client
on diskless Linux node to act as its root file system?</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=240345718-09012007>Thinking about the dependencies of GFS,
the likes of CMAN, clvmd, gnbd (if needed) should start
before GFS during the boot up process. But the concern is CMAN would need to
read /etc/cluster/cluster.conf file which won't be available. Other components
might need something from filesystem too, like CLVM might look for lvm.conf.
</SPAN><SPAN class=240345718-09012007>Sounds like a chicken & egg problem.
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<DIV><SPAN class=240345718-09012007>As anyone got around these aspects and able
to use GFS mount as a root filesystem?</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=240345718-09012007>Appreciate any ideas on this.</SPAN></DIV>
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class=240345718-09012007>thanks,<BR>Sridhar</SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>