Thanks to everyone that responded. We had a couple of problems that we eventually corrected. Our main problem was caused by the CICS Transaction Gateway (ctg) not returning control from the Linux INIT script. I will pass along the steps we took for those newbies like myself, who might find themselves in a similar situation.
Peter We run Linux in a native LPAR. We use the HMC as the Linux console. Since ctg did not relinquish control, the init script stopped. We had no ability to logon or enter any Linux commands. Out goal was to disable the automatic startup of CTG. Since startups are in /etc/init.d/ which is part of the root file system, we identify volser LNX001 at UCB address 2534 as the necessary DASD containing the root file system. The Linux Recovery System was successfully booted from the installation CD and the following steps were taken to disable the automatic startup of CTG. Load the appropriate DASD driver modprobe dasd_mod DASD=2534 dasd_disciplines=dasd_eckd_mod Define UCB 2534 to Linux echo "add device range=2534" >> /proc/dasd/devices Mount the root file system on /mnt mount /dev/dasda1 /mnt Run subsequent Linux commands with /mnt as the root chroot /mnt Disable automatic startup of CICS Transaction Server chkconfig ctg off Shutdown the Linux Recovery System. shutdown ?h now Reboot the Linux LPAR as normal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
