Please, please, please. Don't tell people they need to reboot just to add
DASD. That is simply not the case with 2.4 kernels.
echo "add device range=addr1-addr2 " > /proc/dasd/devices
dasdfmt
mke2fs
update /etc/zipl.conf
zipl
Done.
Now, updated the initrd is a little more complicated than that, and I'm not
going to try to post instructions off the top of my head.
Mark Post
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Hodgson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 8:24 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: adding dasd under SUSE Enterprise 8...
Simple way is to amend the zipl.conf to add the vm address of the minidisk
e.g. parameters='dasd=0999,0300-0303,6666 root=/dev/dasdb1 noinitrd
add your new disk to the end as the order is important.
Then run zipl and reboot.
Cat /proc/dasd/devices to see that it is there and check what the /dev/dasd
name is.
then you can partition it (e.g. mk2fs) and finally format the filesystem of
your choice (e.g. mkfs.ext2).
Good Luck.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian France [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 30 September 2003 12:58
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: adding dasd under SUSE Enterprise 8...
Can someone please point me in the right direction. I've installed SUSE
8 under VM 4.3. During the install I used three DASD, a,b, and c. I want
to add another file system on different dasd, format it and add a mount
point.
I can't for the life of me find where. I thought YAST would be the spot, but
there under SYSTEM, Partitioner, it says something to the effect of editing
initrd by ssh'ing in. Well, I've found initrd under /boot, but it sure
doesn't appear
editable. I have the mini disk under this linux id in vm and I've even
rebooted
the image. So, please point me some where to figure this out. THANX!!!!
Brian W. France
Systems Engineer I
Pennsylvania State University
Administrative Information Services - Infrastructure
Rm 25 Shields Bldg., University Park, Pa. 16802
814-863-4739
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
