As I was looking up the INIT command in the ICKDSF manual, I saw something that had puzzled me before but I had forgotten about. In the chapter about the INIT command, the first thing I see is the statement "You should use the INSTALL command. See Chapter 18, . . . "
I obligingly went to chapter 18, where I see this: "The INSTALL command is an enhanced installation procedure that includes the writing of home address and record 0 on every track of a 3380, 3390, and 9345 volume. You issue INSTALL before formatting 3380, 3390, and 9345 volumes on: a new DASD unit; replaced or upgraded HDA; a DASD unit that has been physically relocated." My question is, "So INSTALL writes the home address and record 0. So what?" What is the benefit of doing INSTALL and INIT vs just the INIT? (All of our DASD is on virtual arrays, in case that makes a difference.) I have never bothered with the INSTALL before; is there a reason I should? Thanks, Jon ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
