Pretty bizarre. Glad it's going better now. Mark Post
-----Original Message----- From: Hall, Jammie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 10:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: format dasd install suse After doing some checking at the console yesterday and today (no errors reported), I started another telnet session this am, checked using 'top' command and dasdfmt showed up as PID 112 but was not using any CPU. I then went to my previous telnet session that started the dasdfmt and hit enter three times. I then went back to the 'top' session and what do you know PID 112 was getting 94.7% CPU and was running. Very baffling. It is still going strong. Thanks for your input. I'll be back with more questions I know. J-me -----Original Message----- From: Post, Mark K Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 8:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: format dasd install suse Except he's not running under VM, so that's out. What bothers me is that he says he has a command prompt waiting for him, #:, but apparently dasdfmt didn't output any messages. Jammie, you should be able to use the HMC to see what kind of I/O is going on in that LPAR. If the dasdfmt is still running (and I agree with Mike that it should have ended a long time ago) then you should be seeing a _lot_ of activity on that channel(s). If you're not seeing that, then try issuing _any_ command, such as "ls" or "ps -ax" and see if anything comes back. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Coffin Michael C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 9:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: format dasd install suse Even if you're only getting the left over cycles in your LPAR, that 2Gig format should have finished a long time ago (probably less than an hour to format that disk). Go to the virtual machine console for your Linux390 machine and see if there are any errors being reported. If you are running disconnected, spool your console and close it so that you can see any errors (suggest you keep the console open until your system is built, some messages will only appear on the system console and the telnet session running YaST will show you nothing). Michael Coffin, VM Systems Programmer Internal Revenue Service - Room 6030 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20224 Voice: (202) 927-4188 FAX: (202) 622-6726 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: Hall, Jammie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 9:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: format dasd install suse New to Linux s/390. Installing SuSE 7.3. I have downloaded the proper files tapeipl.img, parmfile, initrd and put on tape. I have started the boot from tape process and finally got to the format DASD step. I have 2GB DASD to format and it has been running since 11:30 1/16. Taking 5-10% CPU. CPU 2003-135 allocated 1CPU and 48 mb to this LPAR. How will this format process last? Is there a way I can tell what, if anything, is going on from the console? I have a #: so I know I can enter a command. Just not sure what command.
