I to have had problems with zLinux with unformatted minidisks. However, this may be old, historical stuff. And, at that time, I knew a lot less then I do now.
Back about 5 years ago, SLES7 and/or I had problems with unformatted CMS disks at install. This included problems when I reinstalled SLES7 on top of it self. For testing/education, I would install SLES7, while recording what I did. Then I would reinstall based on my notes. If I didn't do a CMS format first, 9 times out of 10, the reinstall failed. It could be that I had a working procedure which was based on a freshly formatted CMS disks and I never developed a procedure for anything else. It could have been fixed by maintenance or a later release. It could have been fixed by a change in my install instructions. Don't know. But I did have that kind of problem and I continue to CMS format the disks prior to any install. And as it now takes about 10 minutes to CMS format a 3390-9, I have no motivation to change my install procedures <G>. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Law of Cat Stretching A cat will stretch to a distance proportional to the length of the nap just taken. >>> RPN01 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/30/2007 9:38 AM >>> Actually, I¹ve never formatted minidisks before giving them to a Linux guest. Dasdfmt works just fine for me, without any prep at all. Are you actually seeing a problem, or just making an assumption? --
