I don't know if this is the real problem, but the qeth0 statement takes an itemized list (read,write,data devices) but the add_parms statement only expects a range (first,last device).
Instead of: SuSE Instsys (none):/ # echo 'qeth0,0x0b00,0x0b01,0x0b02,0,0' >/proc/chandev SuSE Instsys (none):/ # echo 'add_parms,0x10,0x0b00,0x0b01,0x0b02,portname:OSDDR' >/proc/chandev Try: echo 'qeth0,0x0b00,0x0b01,0x0b02,0,0' >/proc/chandev echo 'add_parms,0x10,0x0b00,0x0b02,portname:OSDDR' >/proc/chandev Regards, Dennis Musselwhite ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Corporation -- z/VM Development -- CP Network Simulation
