Thanks for the help. The problem turned out to be a comedy of errors and all of them self-inflicted.
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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 ==>Dave Jones ==>Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 1:46 PM ==>To: [email protected] ==>Subject: Re: trying to format dasd in linux ==> ==>Richard, what does the output of the "lsdasd" command show? ==> ==>DJ ==> ==>On 05/24/2011 11:12 AM, Testa, Richard wrote: ==>> Getting the following now: ==>> ==>> ==>> [root@ZVM dev]# dasdfmt -b 4096 -d cdl -f /dev/dasde ==>> dasdfmt: Unable to open device /dev/dasde: No such device ==>> [root@ZVM dev]# ==>> ==>> 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 ==>> ==>> -----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. 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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. 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