Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 07.08.2006 02:52:45:
> > Now ... if you need an IBM label, then you have to use either > LDL or CDL. Non-partitioned disks will usually wipe out an IBM label > as many of the filesystems get too close to the start of their space > (partitioned or not). So when they're in a non-partitioned volume, > they step-on your IBM labels. > If your DASDs are CDL formatted _NEVER_ use the device without any partitions. The first two sectors have a different sector length to be compatible with the IBM label format and only fake the same sector size to be compatible with a block device. Regards, Stefan Bader ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
