On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 18:30:01 -0800, Ranga Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our z/VM environment includes the vols we genned into our Linux LPAR. I am > assuming that after the VM install, we can create a guest and map the > minidisks to the vols currently used by the Linux LPAR and bring it up as > a guest. Will this work?
Yes, if the volsers make sense you can do full pack (define MDISK as 0 END). Otherwise, look at the DEVNO option for MDISK. > I presume that I would have to change some config files on the Linux > (/etc/chandev.conf and the like). Provided the same OSA is both in z/VM and the old LPAR, you should be able to make a virtual machine that resembles the LPAR enough that you do not have the change things initially. -- Rob van der Heij rvdheij @ gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
