<----- snip -----> when I issue the console command DS QDASD,5B00 I receive the following output:
RESPONSE=MJR0 IEE459I 14.41.05 DEVSERV QDASD 452 UNIT VOLSER SCUTYPE DEVTYPE CYL SSID SCU-SERIAL DEV-SERIAL EF-CHK 5B00 $X5B00 2107921 2107900 3339 A014 0175-BNCZ1 0175-BNCZ1 RDFEAT? **** 1 DEVICE(S) MET THE SELECTION CRITERIA **** 1 DEVICE(S) FAILED EXTENDED FUNCTION CHECKING Can you please explain me what 'RDEFEAT?' does mean? <----- snip -----> I don't know, but I suppose it hase something to do with features of the box. In our case in the last column I see EF-CHK **OK** If you try DS QDASD,5B00,rdfeats do you get FEATURE CODES AT Vxxxxxxxx followed by an 8 rows x 4 columns with four doublewords per column, all that after the output you already sent? Zaromil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

