Actually, mkfs doesn't write the entire volume, does it? You'd have to run dasdfmt and then fdasd to get that effect, before running mkfs, based on how I understand things... I've been known to be wrong, though... Occasionally.
-- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW /V\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ ----- ^^-^^ "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." On 3/13/08 2:20 PM, "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you're going to assign then to another Linux system, then I'd just do > a "mkfs" on them. If you're going to put them back into the general > pool, then cpfmtxa sounds reasonable to me. > > -- > John McKown
