Hi Ivan and David, You're both absolutely correct. I've misunderstood the semantics of the MDISK statement. Had been looking at the entry for the whole day and still could not figure out what was wrong with it. Wouldn't have seen it without your help. Also in my defence, the entry was created by my predecessor...
The password issue is alright though as this is a test vm. Thanks for the suggestions and for pointing the mistake to this z/VM novice. Chan K.L. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390