Thanks to all for the information. Now that I have your attention, is it ok for the fixed block definitions be the same for all users, i.e. the vdisk definition (the memory address) lives within the user definition, and not the entire zvm? Resetting one user will have no affect on others?
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Rohling Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 10:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: vdisk Exactly - vdisk is in memory and will be lost if the guest is logged off -- so must be formatted for swap and mounted as swap by Linux when the guest is started.. Scott Rohling On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 8:15 AM, RPN01 <[email protected]> wrote: > Since it's a fresh disk every time, you'd have to do the mkswap every time > you log in, so my guess is that's why you'd need the mkswap and subsequent > swapon in the boot.local. The vdisk wouldn't be formatted when you get it > at > each fresh logon. > > -- > Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. > RO-OC-1-18 200 First Street SW /V\ > 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ > ----- ^^-^^ > "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but > in practice, theory and practice are different." > > > > On 4/20/11 9:06 AM, "Dean, David (I/S)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ok, we have it working. Defined it in User Directory, formatted it for > swap, > > added it to fstab, and added it to boot.local -> mkswap and swapon. > > > > Why did I have to add it boot.local? why does it not act like a normal > DASD > > drive and come on at boot? > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ----------------------------------------------------- Please see the following link for the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee E-mail disclaimer: http://www.bcbst.com/email_disclaimer.shtm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
