Hi Dougie >Excuse me being pedantic here, but those instructions seem to be for cdl >formatted (2.4 kernel) not ldl formatted (2.2 kernel) dasd. >The subject of this thread was for 2.2.x kernels, so isn't the only option >in this case the OFFLINDR stuff or OEM utilities, again. >http://linuxvm.org/Info/HOWTOs/dumprest.html
>I agree with Mark, for folks with a 2.4 kernel they are excellent. yes, you are right, you need a cdl-formatted disk for this. But maybe are VSEs FASTCOPY or VMs DDR some options in addition to OFFLINDR, supposing you are using VSE or VM. regards, Volker