For us "non-VM" aware users, can I assume that the command "CP LINK" causes the new root disk to be available -- aka "online", to the original or (old/source) system?
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Shilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 8:34 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Moving root to a new volume Here is a list of the steps I did to move my root disk. YMMV. Good Luck. Shut down my target system From a second system, CP LINK to the old root system and the new root disk dasdfmt -b 4096 -v -f /dev/dasdd [This prepares the disk to receive the data. ] fdasd -a -b 4096 /dev/dasdd mke2fs -j -b 4096 /dev/dasdd1 mount old root system as /oldroot mount new disk as /mnt cp --preserve=all --recursive /oldroot/* /mnt/ [There are two dashses before preserve and recursive] cd /mnt/etc Create the zipl.ths.conf file below. cd /mnt/sbin ./zipl -c /mnt/etc/zipl.ths.conf [You want to execute the copy of zipl on the target system] cd / [You need to get out of /mnt so you can umount it.] umount /mnt umount /oldroot CP DET the two minidisks Modify the directory of the targe system to swap the addresses of the old and new root disks. Boot the target system <newroot>/etc/zipl.ths.conf: # Generated by YaST2 [defaultboot] default=ipl [ipl] target=/mnt/boot/zipl image=/mnt/boot/kernel/image ramdisk=/mnt/boot/initrd parameters="dasd=201-20F root=/dev/dasda1" <newroot>/etc/fstab: /dev/dasda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/dasdc1 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/dasdb1 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 tom - - - - - - - - - - - - Toto, I have a feeling we're not in the mainframe world any more. _/) Tom Shilson ~~~~~ GEDW & VM System Services Aloha Tel: 651-733-7591 tshilson at mmm dot com Fax: 651-736-7689 Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 12/28/2004 08:42:49 AM: > Hi all, > > When I initially installed my Linux Instances, I used MOD-3's. I > would now like to move them to MOD-9's because my boss wants to > reconfigure all the DASD to MOD-9's. How can I accomplish moving root > to a new volume and get it to IPL off that new volume? > > Thanks > Gene ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
