Yay! We wish you success! Mike, from the release notes: http://www.novell.com/linux/releasenotes/s390x/SUSE-SLES/10/RELEASE-NOTE S.en.html
Using Disks in z/VM If SLES 10 is installed on disks in z/VM, which reside on the same physical disk, the created access path (/dev/disk/by-id/) is not unique. The ID of a disk is the ID of the underlaying disk. So if two or more disk are on the same physical disk, they all have the same ID. To avoid this ambiguity, please use the access path by-path. This can be specified during the installation when the mount points are definied. To change from by-id to by-path please perform the following steps: Modify /etc/zipl.conf to use by-path names, example: parameters = "root=/dev/disk/by-path/ccw-0.0.0201-part1 TERM=dumb" Have the boot configuration pick up the changes: mkinitrd zipl -V Change all by-id entries in /etc/fstab to by-path entries as well, example: /dev/disk/by-path/ccw-0.0.0201-part1 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1 reboot to pick up changes So they tell you to change it (and say please)!!! Scary just to move a minidisk and have your linux not boot :) Marcy Cortes Team Lead, Enterprise Virtualization - z/VM and z/Linux Enterprise Hosting Services w. (415) 243-6343 c. (415) 517-0895 "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] SLES 10 SP1 and SP2 install defaults of disk by device-ID >>> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 5:11 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcy Cortes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's a bad choice of defaults on z. -snip- > I like "device path" personally. The numbers look just like the > numbers you have to enter on the chccwdev command. If I am successful, that default will be changing to by-path with SLES10 SP3 and SLES11 for System z. 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
