On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Carsten Otte wrote: > shogunx wrote: > > Hi all, > > I was wondering if an s/390 can mount a dasd over an ethernet interface, > > instead of through a ficon or escon hba? > > You can use the network block device to export any Linux block device > (including _partitions_ of a dasd) via any IP connection (including ethernet). > I personally would'nt bet data on it that I get fired for in case it gets > lost because it is not tested/supported on zSeries Linux - but from the > hacker standpoint it works.
Thats the only standpoint I need... The 390 is a R&D environment, not used in production, and we own it outright. SO, theoretically, I could slap a larger hd in the console of the 390, run linux on it, telnet into the 390, and mount a partition of the drive in the console as the DASD via network block device, thereby eliminating the need for an external SAN to provide DASD? I know, I lose redundancy, etc, but I can't seem to acquire code to operate the SSA SerialRAID controllers in my Shark, which I ported linux to. Thanks, Scott > -- > > Carsten Otte > IBM Linux technology center > ARCH=s390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > sleekfreak pirate broadcast http://sleekfreak.ath.cx:81/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
