Betsie, Try renaming /etc/zipl.conf to something else and see what happens when you run the command.
Also, are you booting from the same DASD volume as /boot is on? Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Betsie Spann [mailto:betsie.spann@;oracle.com] Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 3:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: zipl question 'strace zipl.conf' gave me strace: zipl.conf: command not found when I did, "strace /sbin/zipl", I got a display similar to yours. It pointed to /etc/zipl.conf and /boot/parmfile. Both had the same "dasd=" string but neither matched the dasd used in the "Kernel command line" shown at boot time or from dmesg. Betsie Spann VM Systems Programmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 12:48 PM Subject: Re: zipl question > Not at all. It shows me what files are accessed, etc., etc. Works great > for the intended purpose. > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Summerfield [mailto:summer@;computerdatasafe.com.au] > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 3:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: zipl question > > > On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Post, Mark K wrote: > > > Betsie, > > > > When I do an "strace zipl.conf" on my Red Hat 7.2 system, it reads > > /etc/zipl.conf: > > I've used strace quite a bit, but I never thought tu use it > just like that! > > I'm sure you mean something else. > > > -- > > > Cheers > John. > > Please, no off-list mail. You will fall foul of my spam treatment. > Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at > http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb >