Hi Ralph, I'm trying very hard to understand just what it is that you are trying to accomplish, and I must admit I'm having a lot of trouble. What are all these "ZVMLINXn" userids? You DO realize that you have allocated a VM minidisk in cylinder 0 of volume LXBOOT, right? If the intent is that this DASD is actually one of your MP2000 disks, I think that's OK (maybe someone can correct me because I do not run Linux on bare iron, it's always under VM - can Ralph use cylinder 0?). If not, be advised that as soon as you format (in this case) ZVMLINX1's 300 disk it's going to write to REAL CYLINDER 0 on LXBOOT, destroying important data which resides there (i.e. the VTOC, etc.).
Now, having said all of that, if your intent is to simply build a Debian system using VM to do the install but with the intent of actually using it on bare iron, I'd suggest the following: 1. Set up a virtual machine with a full-pack minidisk, including cylinder 0. Let's assume you are using 3390-3 DASD, and you will virtual address 150, code it as: MDISK 150 3390 0 END LINUX1 MR Where 'LINUX1' is the DASD you are allocating the MDISK. 2. Install Debian Linux in your virtual machine, using the DASD above. 3. When you have finished, shutdown your Linux virtual machine, perhaphs vary DASD LINUX1 offline depending on your level of comfort with shared DASD, go to your MP2000 and IPL volume LINUX1. 4. If you have trouble IPL'ing on MP2000, simply vary LINUX1 back online and bring up the Linux image in a virtual machine so you can make changes easily. Be advised that the DASD label 'LINUX1' will be changed if you indeed are writing to cylinder 0. Also, you may want to consider getting the Debian distribution from Sine Nomine on CD's. It'll save you a lot of work, and they may even provide some degree of assistance. It's very short money as I recall. :) Michael Coffin, VM Systems Programmer Internal Revenue Service - Room 6527 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20224 Voice: (202) 927-4188 FAX: (202) 622-6726 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Noll, Ralph Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 2:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Guest Machine Recycle How do I copy a minidisk(see below) zvmlinx5 603-802 to a full pack The below systems are up and running except zvmlinx5.... LXBOOT ZVMLINX1 0300 3390 00000 00199 00200 200 200 1 GAP ZVMLINX3 0300 3390 00201 00400 00200 401 401 1 GAP ZVMLINX4 0300 3390 00402 00601 00200 602 602 1 GAP ZVMLINX5 0300 3390 00603 00802 00200 803 803 1 GAP ZVMLINX6 0300 3390 00804 01003 00200 1004 1004 1 GAP ZVMLINX7 0300 3390 01005 01204 00200 1205 1205 1 GAP ZVMLINX2 0300 3390 01206 01405 00200 1406 1406 1 GAP ZVMLINX8 0300 3390 01407 01606 00200 Thanks Ralph ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
