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--- sanboot:centos_iscsi_install [2008/02/20 15:51]
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 ====== Installing CentOS to an iSCSI target ======
-The CentOS installation process is somewhat fragile, and the built-in support for iSCSI installation does not function properly except in very limited circumstances.  However, it is possible to work around this limitation and install to an iSCSI target.
+The CentOS installation process is somewhat fragile, and the built-in support for iSCSI installation does not function properly (except in very limited circumstances).  However, it is possible to work around this limitation and install to an iSCSI target.
 ===== Starting the installation =====
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 Start a CentOS installation in the usual way, and proceed up to the point of the partitioning screen:
-{{screenshots:centos_iscsi_install_partitioning.png?400x300|CentOS partitioning screen}}
+{{ screenshots:centos_iscsi_install_partitioning.png?400x300 |CentOS partitioning screen}}
 Click on //Advanced storage configuration//, and add an iSCSI target.  For the target IP address, enter //127.0.0.1//:
-{{screenshots:centos_iscsi_install_gui_add_target.png?400x300|CentOS iSCSI installation GUI}}
+{{ screenshots:centos_iscsi_install_gui_add_target.png?400x300 |CentOS iSCSI installation GUI}}
 You will see the message "Initializing iSCSI initiator" appear for several seconds, then the display will return to the partitioning screen.
+===== Connecting to the iSCSI target =====
 {{ screenshots:centos_iscsi_install_connect.png?320x200|CentOS iSCSI installation connection to disk}}
-===== Connecting to the iSCSI target =====
 Press //Ctrl-Alt-F2//.  This should take you to a root shell prompt.  Connect to the iSCSI target to be used for installation:
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 ===== Completing the installation =====
-Press //Ctrl-Alt-F6// to return to the graphical installation process.  Click on //Back//.  This will cause the installer to rescan for disks, and the iSCSI target should now show up in the list of available disks.
+Press //Ctrl-Alt-F6// to return to the graphical installation process.  Click on //Back//.  This will cause the installer to rescan for disks, and the iSCSI target should now show up in the list of available disks:
- to proceed to the disk selection screen:
-{{screenshots:centos_iscsi_install_select_drive.png?400x300|CentOS iSCSI installation disk selection}}
-You must tick the "Review and modify partitioning layout" box before proceeding to the disk partitioning screen:
-{{screenshots:centos_iscsi_install_remove_swap.png?400x300|CentOS iSCSI installation swap removal}}
+{{ screenshots:centos_iscsi_install_partitioning_recap.png?400x300 |CentOS partitioning screen}}
-Select and delete the swap partition.  This is required for two reasons: firstly, swap over iSCSI (or over any network device) is generally a bad idea; secondly, doing so works around a bug in the CentOS installer which would otherwise result in the partition table never being written to disk.
+Continue with the rest of the installation as usual.
 Make a note of the iSCSI target IQN that you installed to (//iqn.2007-08.name.dns.target.my:iscsiboot// in the above example).  You are now ready to

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