Okay, this is not real work, been working on my RHCT, and decided to test what I can do on a PC to the zLinux platform.
I am trying to create a RAID-1 Array (two disks mirroring each other) in a zVM environment. I created two minidisks in zVM and am trying to format them on the zLinux side, using fdasd (instead of fdisk on the PC side). But I see no option to format "fd" the disks, with the interactive, it keeps asking for partition number (here is the display): (/root)#fdasd /dev/dasdk reading volume label ..: VOL1 reading vtoc ..........: ok Command action m print this menu p print the partition table n add a new partition d delete a partition v change volume serial t change partition type r re-create VTOC and delete all partitions u re-create VTOC re-using existing partition sizes s show mapping (partition number - data set name) q quit without saving changes w write table to disk and exit Command (m for help): t Disk /dev/dasdk: cylinders ............: 750 tracks per cylinder ..: 15 blocks per track .....: 12 bytes per block ......: 4096 volume label .........: VOL1 volume serial ........: 0X0205 max partitions .......: 3 ------------------------------- tracks ------------------------------- Device start end length Id System 2 11249 11248 unused change partition type partition id (use 0 to exit): Has anyone played with "software" RAID on the mainframe Linux? James Chaplin Systems Programmer, MVS, zVM & zLinux Base Technologies, Inc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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