On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 13:58:17 -0400, Pinnacle wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul Gilmartin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 9:46 AM
>
>> Help me get this straight again:
>>
>> If I want to allocate a 100,000,000 byte HFS (round numbers),
>> what space parameters should I supply in ISPF 3.2? (The more
>> intuitive the better.)
>> Similar question for JCL.
>
>Allocation unit: bytes, amount 100000000, TYPE HFS.
>
Alas, no luck:
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??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
ISRUAASE Allocate New Data Set Value out of range
Data Set Name . . . : SPPG.WOMBAT.HFS.ECC
Management class . . . (Blank for default management class)
Storage class . . . . (Blank for default storage class)
Volume serial . . . . (Blank for system default volume) **
Device type . . . . . (Generic unit or device address) **
Data class . . . . . . (Blank for default data class)
Space units . . . . . BYTE (BLKS, TRKS, CYLS, KB, MB, BYTES
or RECORDS)
Average record unit (M, K, or U)
Primary quantity . . 100000000 (In above units)
Secondary quantity ????????????????????????????????????????????????
Directory blocks . ? Enter a numeric value between 0 and 16777215 ?
Record format . . . ????????????????????????????????????????????????
Record length . . . . 0
Block size . . . . . 0
Data set name type HFS (LIBRARY, HFS, PDS, LARGE, BASIC, *
It's utterly bizarre that in this age when I can buy a 500 GB disk for $149
at CompUSA, IBM's "flagship" mainframe operating system won't let me simply
create a file larger than 16MiB-1.
I created it with a 10MB primary and 2MB secondary allocation which will get
me there, but I deem that a shabby circumvention.
-- gil
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