Ken, Once you do the insmod probeonly, you have to "rmmod dasd" to unload the driver before then re-insmoding it with the range of DASD addresses. (If you already know what those addresses are, you don't need to do the first "probeonly" version of the insmod.)
So, knowing that the addresses involved are 04c0-04c4, then just: 1. insmod dasd dasd=04c0-04c4 2. dasdfmt -b 4096 -n 04c0 3. dasdfmt -b 4096 -n 04c1 4. dasdfmt -b 4096 -n 04c2 5. dasdfmt -b 4096 -n 04c3 6. dasdfmt -b 4096 -n 04c4 The dasdfmt command does not accept a range of addresses. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Ken Dreger: Dr. "D" [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 6:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SUSE install on a OS/390 LPAR Ok, here it goes... Yesterday I took the SUSE 7.0 CD's into the computer room and placed the cd1 into the cd reader on our 7060-h30, and ran the install from the HMC to load from CD... that part seemed to work just fine... Now came the part that was goofy.... I telneted into the newly created LINUX lpar from a os/2 dos window on the 7060 which worked fine. Then I issued the UNIX command insmod dasd probeonly and tons of disks came up on the "Dumb HMC Console" that I had open for LINUX. Then I issued the UNIX command: insmod dasd probeonly and a "BUNCH" of disks come up on the HMC's dumb terminal/console that is opened up for this LPAR. But none with our addresses. Here are the commands from a cut & paste session: SuSE Instsys linuxlpar:/root # insmod dasd probeonly Using /lib/modules/2.2.16/block/dasd.o SuSE Instsys linuxlpar:/root # insmod dasd 04c0-04c4 Using /lib/modules/2.2.16/block/dasd.o insmod: a module named dasd already exists Then I issue the following command: SuSE Instsys linuxlpar:/root # dasdfmt -n 04c0-04c4 -b 4096 dasdfmt: device number is in invalid format ok, I give up, I think I have done what the installation manual says, my IODF shows that 04c0-04c4 ARE dedicated to this LPAR ONLY... Anybody have an answer ?? since there are NO MESSAGE CODES to look up !!! Love those MESSAGE & CODES MANUALS IBM HAS !! Ken
