Thanks all, Thanks all.... Got over that hurdle
I attached the volume to the system... ATT A3C7 system Display shows DASD A3C7 CP SYSTEM LXND04 1 Coded "mdisk" statement MDISK A3C7 3390 0001 END LXND04 MR RVM WVM MVM (NOTE START AT CYLINDER 1, 0 FAILS) Coded "link" statement LINK LVMMGR A3C7 A3C6 MW And EUREKA!!!!! It works. My LINUX machine comes up. Welcome to SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (s390) - Kernel 2.6.5-7.257-s390 (ttyS0). ndctst01 login: In conclusion If I reference cylinder zero (0) I cannot find my IPL text. If I reference cylinder one (1) it is found -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob van der Heij Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 10:29 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Linux IPL volume On 6/20/06, Brian Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is the code you get when the device address you IPL'd does not > have an IPLable program on it. Yep. If it was supposed to be linked as mini disk, it may not have been from cyl 0. So the IPL program is on the virtual cylinder 0, where that may be. Attach it to system and try to link it again. -- Rob van der Heij Velocity Software, Inc http://velocitysoftware.com/