Lionel, You didn't answer my question, you just repeated the same statement that generated my question. :(
If you want to add a DASD volume to a 2.2 system, you need to update your parmfile by adding the device number to _the end_ of the "dasd=" parameter, re-run silo, and reboot your system. If you want to add a DASD volume to a 2.4 system, you can either do the above, or to do it dynamically: echo "add device range=devno-range ">>/proc/dasd/devices echo "set device range=devno-range on ">>/proc/dasd/devices cat /proc/dasd/devices to see what device names got assigned (/dev/dasd?) dasdfmt them fdasd them if cdl format was specified (or defaulted) mke2fs them mount them update your parmfile and re-run silo to make the changes permanent. If you don't do this, the volumes will "go away" at the next system reboot. Note the trailing blanks on the "echo" commands. These are necessary due to a bug in the interface. Note also that on a 2.4 system, if you run dasdfmt on a device, and do _not_ specify the disk layout, you will get the "cdl" layout, which means you will have to run fdasd before mke2fs. This information can be found at http://linuxvm.org/present/SHARE98/S5554mp.pdf (slide 22). Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Lionel Dyck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 1:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Adding partition to existing server I want to add a new partition to an existing linux server under z/vm. I know how to assign it to the server via z/vm but not add it to the linux server. thx btw. I looked on the linuxvm.org and didn't see a howto and looking in the archives wasn't easy. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line 8/473-5332) E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sametime: (use Lotus Notes address) AIM: lbdyck Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/04/2002 09:14:26 AM: > I'm afraid I don't understand the question. Do you mean you want to add an > additional DASD volume to an existing Linux/390 system? Or do you mean that > you have an existing volume under a 2.4 kernel in cdl format with less than > three partitions defined, and you want to add a second or third partition to > it? > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lionel Dyck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 10:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Adding partition to existing server > > > What does one need to do to add additional space via a new partition to an > existing linux server? > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead > Kaiser Permanente Information Technology > 25 N. Via Monte Ave > Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 > > Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line 8/473-5332) > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sametime: (use Lotus Notes address) > AIM: lbdyck
