I would rephrase that to say you _may_ need to create the device nodes. Check /dev/dasd* to see what the Linux distribution provider ships, then you'll know.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Smrcina Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 12:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Dasd, free major numbers, and zSeries The next one will become /dev/dasdaa, but you will need to create the device nodes for it. This information is in the device drivers manual that is available on the developerworks site. If you check the archive you may find a script that does that for you (or it may even be in the book). MOEUR TIM C wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been hunting around for this answer but as yet I haven't found it > so I'll pitch it here. I'm still building our zLinux system on Suse in > an LPAR (Not VM). As I use YaST to activate additional DASD that new > dasd will be assigned the next logical device node. What happens when > I attempt to add something after /dev/dasdz? > > I've found http://linuxvm.org/archives/200210.html > > Which indicate a maximum18,278 dasd devices that Linux/390 can > recognize based on the free major numbers. My question is will I need > to do something to use or get those free numbers, or will the next > dasd volume that I activate after dev/dasdz become dev/dasdaa? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
