Would he need to execute the 'chroot' and 'zipl' commands after copying the disk contents?
Thomas Denier Thomas Jefferson University Hospital -----Scott Rohling wrote: ----- >The easiest thing to do is bring the guest down and LINK these 2 >disks >from another running Linux .. mount them as /mnt /mnt/disk1 and 2 >and copy >- I would use rsync: > >rsync -av /mnt/disk1/ /mnt/disk2 > >Unmount, detach - and swap the disks in the directory so the big disk >is >the same address as the old small one. > >If you don't have another running Linux you can do something similar >by >booting the install kernel from the reader and getting into the >recovery >shell.. I don't think the rsync command is there, so you'd have to >use >the 'cp' command or a tar pipe. > >Scott Rohling > > >On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Ben Duncan <b...@linux4ms.net> >wrote: > >> Hi group. Need to some help in transferring and recreating the ROOT >( / >> ) dasd device to another dasd >> Specifically we want to migrate from a 300MB partition and replace >it >> with a 2Gb partition which is >> already formatted and prepped. >> >> >> Any pointer or how to's on this ? >> >> Thanks ... >> >> Ben Duncan - Business Network Solutions, Inc. 336 Elton Road >Jackson >> MS, 39212 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
