This discussion has brought CDL to my attention and prompts me to ask which combination of CDL/LDL and partitioning/non-partitioning is recommended.
Bob Matthews, University of Geneva. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 6:55 PM Subject: Re: Adding a DASD on RedHat 7.2 > Abel, > > You need to do one of two things: > 1. Run dasdfmt and take the default layout of CDL, and then run fdasd to > create at least one partition. > 2. Run dasdfmt and specify the "Linux layout". > > Then you can run mke2fs on the volume. > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Abdel Gharzita [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 12:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Adding a DASD on RedHat 7.2 > > > Hi all > > I am trying to add one full 3380 DASD to increase space on my linux > machine, but received the following message when attemp to mke2fs > /dev/dasde1 -b 4096: > ( I had already formated using dasdfmt -b 4096 -t /dev/dasde and work > ok) > > mke2fs 1.26 (3-Feb-2002) > mke2fs: Device size reported to be zero. Invalid partition specified, > or > partition table wasn't reread after running fdisk, due to > a modified partition being busy and in use. You may need to > reboot > to re-read your partition table. > > Help! Thanks you! > > A. Gharzita > Pace University > DoIT - CSD > > PS. Is there any admin doc for RedHat Linux for S/390?
