>>> On 11/3/2014 at 06:22 PM, Alan Altmark <[email protected]> wrote: 
> Well, I'm with Bruce on this.  Linux should be able to read the volser
> from any VOL1-format label, regardless of who created it. 

Absolutely, which is why I think this is a bug.  After all, the man page for 
dasdfmt says "This is
useful, if the Serial Number has been written with a VM Tool and should not be 
overwritten."  If it's not living up to that, it needs to be fixed.


Mark Post

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