If you run dasdfmt with the ldl option, you don't need to (should _not_) run fdasd. That is only required with the cdl option.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Robert J Brenneman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 11:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Formatting DASD under 2.4.7.... Make sure you are using fdasd betweek the dasdfmt and mke2fs commands. I dont know if the ldl option actually creates a partition. Jay Brenneman Adam Thornton <athornton@sineno To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mine.net> cc: Sent by: Linux on Subject: Formatting DASD under 2.4.7.... 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> 01/11/02 11:21 AM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port I'm working with a system I've upgraded from SuSE 7.0 GA per Rob van der Heij's instructions. Weirdly, zipl does not create a bootable partition: I have to boot from a 2.2 rescue volume and run silo if I want to update the boot kernel. Also, when I add new DASD to this system, unless I *both* CMS format the disk and then dasdfmt -l ldl it, I can't mke2fs, as its size is reported to mke2fs as zero (even though dasdfmt is quite happy with its actual size). My question is, which step or steps did I miss when doing the upgrade to 2.4.7? Clearly this isn't happening to everyone... Adam
