Thanks Bruce. The definition to DEFINE the MDISK was little confusing to me at least. I am not sure why it worked but it did. Probably just lucky! Anyway I know now for the future how to do this>
Thank You, Terry Martin Lockheed Martin - Information Technology z/OS & z/VM Systems - Performance and Tuning Cell - 443 632-4191 Work - 410 786-0386 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Hayden Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: WAIT STATE For future reference, the arguments to DEFINE MDISK are the virtual device, starting cylinder and *number of cylinders*, NOT the ending cylinder. So, your command should have been: DEFINE MDISK 195 39 120 53DRES On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Thomas Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please make sure of your starting cylinder, ending cylinder and length > before you do format it. > > Starting at 38, ending at 159 should not show up as a 159 cyl minidisk. > > /Tom Kern > -- Bruce Hayden Linux on System z Advanced Technical Support IBM, Endicott, NY
