Jim, (grasping at straws here). Don't you need to specify the DASD range like this:
200-204,300 when you boot Linux? DJ On 05/24/2011 11:57 AM, Hughes, Jim wrote: > Rich and I are working together on this one. > > New message during zLinux ipl: > > Incorrect format for upper bound of DASD range 200-204 300: 204 300 > > I cannot locate this error and Rich isn't sure what Linux is complaining > about. > > A cms format was done on 201, 202, 203, and 204. Dasd at 300 was not > formatted. > > Here are the mdisk statements for the zLinux virtual machine: > > MDISK 200 3390 0001 3338 RHL000 MR > MDISK 201 3390 0001 3338 RHL001 MR > MDISK 202 3390 0001 3338 RHL002 MR > MDISK 203 3390 0001 3338 RHL003 MR > MDISK 204 3390 0001 3338 RHL004 MR > MDISK 300 3390 0001 3338 RHL300 MR > MDISK 199 3390 0001 END RHLNX0 MR > > > ____________________ > Jim Hughes > Consulting Systems Programmer > Mainframe Technical Support Group > Department of Information Technology > State of New Hampshire > 27 Hazen Drive > Concord, NH 03301 > 603-271-5586 Fax 603.271.1516 > > Statement of Confidentiality: The contents of this message are > confidential. Any unauthorized disclosure, reproduction, use or > dissemination (either whole or in part) is prohibited. If you are not > the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender > immediately and delete the message from your system. > > > ==>-----Original Message----- > ==>From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Pat > ==>Carroll > ==>Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 12:05 PM > ==>To: [email protected] > ==>Subject: Re: trying to format dasd in Linux > ==> > ==>Try: > ==> > ==>dasdfmt -b 4096 -d cdl -f /dev/dasde > ==> > ==>/dev/dasde1 refers to a partition on /dev/dasde > ==> > ==> > ==>Patrick Carroll | Technology Architect II > ==>L.L.Bean, Inc.(r) | Double L St. | Freeport ME 04033 > ==>http://www.llbean.com | [email protected] | 207.552.2426 > ==> > ==>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments may contain > ==>confidential information that is legally privileged. The information > is > ==>solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Any disclosure, > copying, > ==>distribution, or other use of this information is strictly > prohibited. If > ==>you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by > ==>return e-mail and delete this message. > ==> > ==> > ==>-----Original Message----- > ==>From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > ==>Testa, Richard > ==>Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:41 AM > ==>To: [email protected] > ==>Subject: trying to format dasd in linux > ==> > ==>Running dasdfmt command as follows and receiving the following: > Please > ==>help > ==> > ==> > ==> > ==>[root@ZVM /]# dasdfmt -b 4096 -d cdl -f /dev/dasde1 > ==> > ==>Drive Geometry: 3338 Cylinders * 15 Heads = 50070 Tracks > ==> > ==> > ==> > ==>I am going to format the device /dev/dasde1 in the following way: > ==> > ==> Device number of device : 0x201 > ==> > ==> Labelling device : yes > ==> > ==> Disk label : VOL1 > ==> > ==> Disk identifier : 0X0201 > ==> > ==> Extent start (trk no) : 0 > ==> > ==> Extent end (trk no) : 50069 > ==> > ==> Compatible Disk Layout : yes > ==> > ==> Blocksize : 4096 > ==> > ==> > ==> > ==>--->> ATTENTION! <<--- > ==> > ==>All data of that device will be lost. > ==> > ==>Type "yes" to continue, no will leave the disk untouched: yes > ==> > ==>Formatting the device. This may take a while (get yourself a coffee). > ==> > ==>dasdfmt: (invalidate first track) IOCTL BIODASDFMT failed. (Invalid > ==>argument) > ==> > ==>[root@ZVM /]# > ==> > ==> > ==> > ==>Best Regards > ==> > ==> > ==> > ==>Richard Testa > ==>OIT-Operation > ==>Unix Systems Administrator > ==>NH Department of Information Technology > ==>603-271-5460 (w) 603-235-2659 (c) > ==>www.nh.gov/doit > ==> > ==> > ==> > ==> > ==>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > ==>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/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > -- Dave Jones V/Soft Software www.vsoft-software.com Houston, TX 281.578.7544 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
