It looks like I'm going to be doing the same thing shortly. Do you have a documentation list that you can pass along? Thanks Warren Taylor EMC/TPF Tech Support
Eric Sammons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We got it, the issue was actually someone else's and it turns out they were working from some incorrect documentation that left the .img off the mkinitrd command. Thanks anyway! Eric RPN01 wrote: > First you need to define "offline"... Are you running in z/VM or directly in > an LPAR? If in z/VM, are the minidisks present before the Linux boot? > > In either case, was the mkinitrd and zipl the very last thing you did, after > bringing the devices online, formatting them, creating the filesystem on > them, and placing them in fstab? The very, very last thing? > > -- > .~. Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation > /V\ RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW > /( )\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 > ^^-^^ ----- > "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but > in practice, theory and practice are different." > > > > > On 11/20/07 9:58 AM, "Eric Sammons" wrote: > > >> Run RHEL 4 on the s390 and I have gone through the steps to add a new >> dasd device to my system, while the system was active. I took all steps >> laid out in numerous documents, including updating modprobe.conf, >> mkinitrd, zipl, etc... I can see the device and online the device; >> however, upon a reboot the device is offline. After the reboot I can >> bring the device online and mount the filesystem etc... Any idea why >> the device may not be online after a reboot? >> >> Thanks! >> Eric >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
