On 7/21/06, Melancon, Ruddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

When I look in the /dev directory there is no dasda, although in looking
in
/sys I can find the file that describes the disk drive as well as the
file that shows it online.



If the device (/dev/dasda) is not in /dev, maybe you need to create it
manually ?

Check if it is present in /proc/dasd/devices.  You will fin the major and minor
in that file.  As an example :

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> cat /proc/dasd/devices
0.0.0150(ECKD) at ( 94:     0) is dasda       : active at blocksize: 4096,
105840 blocks, 413 MB
0.0.0151(ECKD) at ( 94:     4) is dasdb       : active at blocksize: 4096,
211860 blocks, 827 MB


You can create the dasda device in that example by entering these commands :
mknod /dev/dasda b 94 0
mknod /dev/dasda1 b 94 1
mknod /dev/dasda2 b 94 2
mknod /dev/dasda3 b 94 3

Then you will be able to dasdfmt and fdasd.

Regards.

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