Sure you can: # dasdview -j /dev/dasdb LINUX1 # fdasd /dev/dasdb ... Command action ... v change volume serial ...
Command (m for help): v Please specify the new volume serial (6 characters). (Press ENTER if you do not want to change it) current: LINUX1 new: test99 volume identifier changed to 'TEST99' Command (m for help): w writing volume label... writing VTOC... rereading partition table... # dasdview -j /dev/dasdb TEST99 And make sure not to change the partition table, otherwise you will get rid of your data :) regards, Volker Linux on zSeries Development Tel.: +49-(0)7031-16-2019 IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH > Cloning question. Can I change the label on a CDL formatted disk? Are > there any implications to eck3, reiser, swap or lvm? Is there a Linux tool > I should use or can I get by with a ickdsf cpvol label command? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
