Hi, I am trying to add DASD to a new SuSE8 install. I am trying ti use the same procedure that I used for the 2.4.7 kernel.
1.) ICKDSF format the packs, and then CMS format the MDISK areas 2.) echo -n "add device range=204-207">>/proc/dasd/devices 3.) UPDATE zipl.conf and then perform a zipl 4.) I normally would then use dasdfmt -n 204 -b 4096, but that did not work. I noticed in a thread that I should use dasdfmt -f /dev/dasdd -b 4096 This command would allow me to format the dasd. I then went to yast2 to create a LVM. When the system tries to add the dasd to a LVM, it says "pvcreate -- invalid physical volume "/dev/dasdd1" I can issue the pvcreate command pvcreate -ff /dev/dasdd and it says it works. The system seems to have a problem with the numeric part of the dasdx . I tried just formatting the dasd in the partition section but it also has a problem when it tries to format /dev/dasdd1. Is there a setting that needs to be turned on to allow the numerics? Also, someone mentioned that DEVFS needs to be active to use the -n 204 option on a dasdfmt. How is this turned on? Thanks, Ken Vance Amadeus
