Just in case anybody was curious about if this is possible, it is. I have a Hercules/390 system at home. We, sort of, run Linux on our mainframe (IFL on z800, under z/VM). It is much easier for me to install and test mainframe Linux at home under Hercules due to a number of reasons (let's not go there, OK?). I just found the following method to transport a partition from my Linux/390 at home under Herc to our z800. On the off chance that anybody is interested, here is it:
1) on Linux/390 under Hercules. Note that Debian390 is the name of my Debian/390 system at home. MCKOWN4 is the name of my Linux/Intel system which is running Hercules. Enter the command: umount /dev/dasd/0c07/part1 dd if=/dev/dasd/0c07/part1 | ssh -l hercules mckown4 "cat >LINUX.VLX0C07.PART0001.NATIVE Copy the LINUX.VLX0C07.PART0001.NATIVE file from my local HD to a USB hard drive. The USB drive is FAT formatted and attached to my Windows system for ease of transport to my Windows desktop at work. Take the USB drive to work and plug it in. ftp transfer the above file to my z/OS system in binary mode. Use RECFM=F,LRECL=4096,BLKSIZE=4096 and put it on a tape, due to the size. I already had a 3390-3 volume initialized by "dasdfmt". I did a simple ICEGENER from the tape to the already existing DSN on that volume. I then varied it offline to z/OS and attached it (running under z/VM, remember) to the LINUX system on the z800. Did the 'echo "set range=09a5 on" >/proc/dasd/devices' to get the address onto the Linux system. Did an fsck on /dev/dasd/0c07/part1 and it checked out with no errors. This may be useless to the majority here. But it may be of some use to someone, sometime. Next I plan to see if I can create a Linux/390 DASD volume "from scratch" under z/OS so that I don't need to do the "dasdfmt" under Linux/390 when I do this transfer process. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Applications & Solutions Team +1.817.255.3225 This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited.
