We are faily new in z/VM and zLinux and have a need to add additional DASD to a linux guest. I initialized the volumes under VM, attached them to the guest, and notified the linux adminstrator. He formatted the volumes under linux in preparation for use when the filesystem is expanded. Once the volumes were formatted, I noticed that the linux format had changed the volsers. Normally I format a volume under VM, add it to user direct with a MDISK statement with the beginning disk location at cylinder 1. We then recycle the guest, and the linux admin does his thing. In order to save downtime that will be required when we expand the filesystem, we would like to perform the linux formatting while the guest is up. I know that there is a "DEFINE MDISK" command, but it is a class A command and none of my linux guests are class A users. Any suggestions ? Thank you, Bob McCarthy
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