I do not believe that is what I want. The Reserve command allocates all available blocks of a formatted CMS minidisk to a unique CMS mode 6 file.
I want what dasdfmt does; this: q disk b LABEL VDEV M STAT CYL TYPE BLKSZ FILES BLKS USED-(%) BLKS LEFT BLK TOTAL 0X0109 102 B R/O 5700 3390 OS Not this: q disk q LABEL VDEV M STAT CYL TYPE BLKSZ FILES BLKS USED-(%) BLKS LEFT BLK TOTAL TST999 999 Q R/W 9 3390 4096 1 1620-99 0 1620 listfile * * q (d FILENAME FILETYPE FM FORMAT LRECL RECS BLOCKS DATE TIME LINUX FILESYS Q6 F 4096 1610 1610 11/30/2007 10:49:16 -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Jones Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 10:43 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Formatter forz/Linux Minidisk from CMS Hi, Jim. If by 'format' you mean to do in CMS what the Linux dasdfmt command does then I believe that the following should do what you want: 1) FORMAT <v_addr> <fm> (BLK 4096 2) RESERVE LINUX FILESYS <fm> If you want to create a Linux file system on the DASD from CMS, that is do-able as well, but with a bit more work on your part..... Have a good one. Stracka, James (GTI) wrote: > Kludge yes, one pack; no. Because of striping we would need at least > thirteen differently sized template minidisks. Unless we could format > just one very large minidisk and image copy as little as needed. I > believe CMS gets just a little bent out of shape if one did this. > Would not z/Linux too? > -- DJ V/Soft z/VM and mainframe Linux expertise, training, consulting, and software development www.vsoft-software.com -------------------------------------------------------- This message w/attachments (message) may be privileged, confidential or proprietary, and if you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, do not use or share it and delete it. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any investment products or other financial product or service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or an official statement of Merrill Lynch. Subject to applicable law, Merrill Lynch may monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. This message is subject to terms available at the following link: http://www.ml.com/e-communications_terms/. By messaging with Merrill Lynch you consent to the foregoing. --------------------------------------------------------
