On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 07:03, Alikhani wrote:

> machine we see the virtual number(800) attache to this disk , I restart
> my machine , I also added the number 0800 in /boot/parmfile and reboot
> the system but I cant see this disk on /proc/dasd/devices . I want to
> know  how can i do this . I need to mount / filesystem of old machine to
> my machine to access to /etc/shadow for disabling root password .

You should not edit /boot/parmfile but the line in /etc/zipl.conf and
run zilo again to write the things to the boot records.
Alternatively, you can
  echo add device 800 > /proc/dasd/devices
to make Linux pick up the new device.

> Meanwhile I don't know anything abot the VM and I have a VM admin for
> doing something I need , he attache the disk number of old machine to my
> machine but I don't know how to access it from linux .

This way works, but I find it often easier to start the install system
with ramdisk and mount my disks into that to fix the problem.

Rob

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