We are running z/VM 5.3 with Red Hat Linux 5. We have created a new guest and defined in the user directory some mini disks as follows:
USER LIN0003 KKKKKK 2G 2G G INCLUDE LNXDFLT OPTION APPLMON MDISK 100 3390 0001 3338 VM7DBF MR MDISK 691 3390 0001 200 VM7DC0 MR MDISK 692 3390 0251 3038 VM7DC0 MR MDISK 693 3390 3289 3338 VM7DC0 MR MDISK 694 3390 6627 3389 VM7DC0 MR When we logon to the linux guest and issue #CP Q V DASD we get the following output and everything looks good. CP Q V DASD DASD 0100 3390 VM7DBF R/W 3338 CYL ON DASD 7DBF SUBCHANNEL = 0000 DASD 0101 9336 (VDSK) R/W 524288 BLK ON DASD VDSK SUBCHANNEL = 0011 DASD 0102 9336 (VDSK) R/W 1048576 BLK ON DASD VDSK SUBCHANNEL = 0012 DASD 0190 3390 VR7DC4 R/O 107 CYL ON DASD 7DC4 SUBCHANNEL = 000C DASD 0191 3390 VM7DA5 R/O 300 CYL ON DASD 7DA5 SUBCHANNEL = 000F DASD 019D 3390 VR7DC4 R/O 146 CYL ON DASD 7DC4 SUBCHANNEL = 000D DASD 019E 3390 VR7DC4 R/O 250 CYL ON DASD 7DC4 SUBCHANNEL = 000E DASD 0592 3390 VR7DC4 R/O 70 CYL ON DASD 7DC4 SUBCHANNEL = 0010 DASD 0691 3390 VM7DC0 R/W 200 CYL ON DASD 7DC0 SUBCHANNEL = 0001 DASD 0692 3390 VM7DC0 R/W 3038 CYL ON DASD 7DC0 SUBCHANNEL = 0002 DASD 0693 3390 VM7DC0 R/W 3338 CYL ON DASD 7DC0 SUBCHANNEL = 0003 DASD 0694 3390 VM7DC0 R/W 3389 CYL ON DASD 7DC0 SUBCHANNEL = 0004 When we logon to the linux guest and issue the fdisk -l command we only see one mini disk and two virtual disks as follows: fdisk -l Note: sector size is 4096 (not 512) Disk /dev/dasda: 2461 MB, 2461040640 bytes 15 heads, 12 sectors/track, 3338 cylinders Units = cylinders of 180 * 4096 = 737280 bytes Disk /dev/dasda doesn't contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/dasdb: 268 MB, 268435456 bytes 16 heads, 128 sectors/track, 256 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes Disk /dev/dasdb doesn't contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/dasdc: 536 MB, 536870912 bytes 16 heads, 128 sectors/track, 512 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes Disk /dev/dasdc doesn't contain a valid partition table Why are we not able to see mini-disk 0691-0694 when we issue the fdisk -l command? Is there some definition in Red Hat Linux 5 we need to make? Thanks in advance for any help. David T. Juárez IT Specialist
