Thanks Berry. That (logoff/logon) did the trick. Mvh./Best Regards Roger Evans, Autodata Norge A/S http://www.autodata.no +47 93 25 92 36
On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 22:58 +0200, Berry van Sleeuwen wrote: > Did you dynamically add the device? We have seen a similar error when > new DASD, 3390-9 in our case, is linked in SLES11 SP1. Only after a > reboot (logoff/logon) of the guest we were able to format the DASD. > > Regards, Berry. > > Op 24-04-12 15:58, Roger Evans schreef: > > Is there anyway to format dasd devices that aren't minidisks (because > > they're too large)? > > > > I am trying to use disks that looks like this: > > > > faktark:~ # lsdasd > > Bus-ID Status Name Device Type BlkSz Size Blocks > > ============================================================================== > > ... > > > > 0.0.0500 active dasdi 94:32 ECKD 4096 169036MB 43273440 > > 0.0.0501 active dasdj 94:36 ECKD 4096 169036MB 43273440 > > 0.0.0502 active dasdk 94:40 ECKD 4096 169036MB 43273440 > > > > > > dasdfmt fails with: > > dasdfmt: Writing the bootstrap IPL2 failed, only wrote -1 bytes. > > > > and fdasd then can't read the volume. > > > > I've tried dparted but can't seem to find a way to write a volume lable. > > > > > > Mvh./Best Regards > > Roger Evans, Autodata Norge A/S > > http://www.autodata.no +47 93 25 92 36 > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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/
