On SLES8 systems (default, out of the box), the kernel modules and the script that invokes them are all in the initrd. At the time the DASD driver gets loaded by that script, there is no way for it to be able to access the contents of anything on disk. If you're not using an initrd, then of course you don't have to rebuild it. If you are using SLES8 with an initrd, then the HOWTO I referenced is applicable, and has fixed the problems many people on this list have had with SLES8, since it acted differently than previous SUSE platforms.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hall, Ken (IDS ECCS) Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 4:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: new disk for linux Uh, yes it does. Whether or not an initrd is used, the DASD parm comes from the boot parameter file created by zipl. That's on the disk you boot from, which may or may not also contain the root filesystem. (In my case it does.) I just changed /etc/zipl.conf on my test system, ran zipl, and rebooted. The change was reflected in /proc/dasd/devices. I've never had to rebuild the initrd manually. The only time you have to update the initrd is when you do a kernel upgrade, and if you're using the RPM packaged kernels, that's taken care of by the install. > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Post, Mark K > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 4:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] new disk for linux > > > Umm, no, it does not. With SLES8, SUSE went to using an initrd. The > HOWTO I referenced in another reply talks about how to update that. > > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Hall, Ken (IDS ECCS) > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 3:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: new disk for linux > > > I think you added the device to the wrong file. I usually add it to > /etc/zipl.conf, then run zipl. I believe zipl copies zipl.conf to the > /boot files (among other things). > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > > Scorch Burnet > > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 3:44 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [LINUX-390] new disk for linux > > > > > > I am trying to add another disk to one of my SLES8 Linux images on > > z/VM. I added the mdisk statement to the user direct, excuted the > > directxa, and logged onto the guest. after cms formatting the new > > mdisk, iI added the new disk address to /boot/zipl/parmfile and ran > > zipl. > > > > After rebooting, I expected to be able to format and > partition the new > > disk, but I do not see it in /proc/dasd/devices. > > > > Can someone give me a list of the steps I need to perform > in order to > > add this new dasd to my linux machine. > > > > any help is appreciated > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, send > > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > > visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > ============================================================== > ============== > == > > If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the > sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, > retain or redistribute it. > > Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. > <http://www.ml.com/email_terms/> > > ============================================================== > ============== > == > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ============================================================================ == If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. <http://www.ml.com/email_terms/> ============================================================================ == ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
