Cannot mount both floppy and USB keys using IMM remote control on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Source

RETAIN tip: H206929

Symptom

Users cannot mount both 'floppy' and 'USB key' using the Integrated Management Module (IMM) Remote Control feature on the server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) update 8x64.

Affected configurations

The system is configured with at least one of the following:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, any update
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, any update

This tip is not system specific.

This tip is not option specific.

Note: This does not imply that the network operating system will work under all combinations of hardware and software.

Please see the compatibility page for more information: http://www.ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/

Workaround

1. Add the following entry to the '/etc/modules.conf' file:
   
   

   options scsi_mod max_luns=255

2. Check the kernel name under the directory /start. For example, initrd-2.4.21-4.EL.img.
   
3. Rename the kernel name to initrd-2.4.21-3.EL_orig.img.
   
4. Create a new 'initrd' image by issuing the following command:
   
   

   /sbin/mkinitrd /start/initrd-2.4.21-4.EL.img 2.4.21-4.EL.

5. Restart the server.
   

Additional information

For additional information, see RETAIN Tip H19924 (MIGR-5071320).

The default configuration of RHEL3 and RHEL4 does not support multiple Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs).