it could be that you are logon on the linux vm console and the messages from the formatting process are blocking your linux if you don't type Pause to scroll down and get rid of them.
Regards, Herve -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Sergey Korzhevsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet am: mardi, 14. janvier 2003 11:57 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: DASDFMT on Suse 7.2 distro Look at /var/log/messages Dasdfmt produce messages like "formatting xxxx cylinder" WBR, Sergey James Melin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 13.01.2003 21:09 Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: DASDFMT on Suse 7.2 distro How long after 'Finshed formatting the device' on a 'dasdfmt -n 0D18 -b 4096 -l L40D18' command should dasdfmt be sticking around waiting to return to the shell? It's been easily 2 hours since the message was issued. The time parameter keeps going up on the ps -r display and top shows the tasks at least using variable rates of CPU. Just curious as to what it's doing after 'Finishing formatting the device' is seen
