>>> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 9:43 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael MacIsaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > But, if a virgin volume is not CPFMTXA'd and just dasdfmt'd (or > FLASHCOPY'd or DDR'd from another volume), there is no error. Also the > volume (minidisk) will seem to be OK, and Linux can be installed, etc. > But, Strange Things happen to these volumes - like Linux will not always > boot cleanly, etc. > > Has anyone seen this behavior? If so does anyone know why this happens? > Also could it be argued there is a bug somewhere? Thanks.
If these are used as minidisks, then problems could result from real cylinder 0 not being formatted. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
