On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:36:47 -0400 (EDT), Mark Post wrote: > > The dasd_fba_mod driver automagically creates one partition > that spans the entire minidisk. That's all you get.
I haven't been following this thread; so please forgive me if I am rehashing stuff that's already been said. I have used FBA disks in z/Linux for testing purposes. What I do is format them with the CMS FORMAT command, then reserve them with the CMS RESERVE command. Under these conditions, the Linux kernel (fs/partitions/ibm.c) will recognize the CMS reserved file (except for the last logical block) as the one and only partition on the disk. So, for example, /dev/dasda would refer to the whole disk and /dev/dasda1 would refer to the one and only partition. You don't need to use dasdfmt or fdasd. You do, however, need to use mkfs (or one of its derivatives) or mkswap to format the partition (/dev/dasda1). Alternatively, you can enroll the partition in a logical volume group (LVM2), in which case you don't format the partition. But you will need to expand the file system on the logical volume in order to use the new space. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu 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/
