Either these really are different DASD now or the DASD has changed IDs from what used to be there. As mentioned, the /dev/disk/by-id/ entries are based on information coming directly from the storage device. None of the current ids for DASD 0150-0153 match what was there before (as shown by the kernel parameters from /proc/cmdline and by what the initrd was looking for).
Working with SUSE or IBM support may be able to give a definitive answer as to which of the changes (the z/VM patch, or the new paths) lead to the change. If you're just looking to fix the system you can try to use a rescue system to access the disks so that you could chroot in and modify /etc/zipl.conf, /etc/fstab, and then run mkinitrd and zipl to make the changes effective. If any of the workarounds I described in my original note work and allow you to boot up in full, you can do the modifications directly with out having to boot up a separate rescue system. - Mark Ver office: Building 710 / Room 2-RF-10 phone: (845) 435-7794 [tie 8 295-7794] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
