"Also - is it normal for the volume serial to be 0X followed by the device number?"
"fdasd or dasdfmt, one, will by default set the volser to 0Xdevno. So, yes." :Warning ON VM Newbie Answering a question We do a dasdfmt command with the -l option to add a volume name. Example: dasdfmt -b 4096 -y -f /dev/dasdb -l vol001 & Now when you view it from MVS it shows as vol001 :Warning OFF ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
