Hi Doug - Yes, it does seem similar if CMS formatting was really the cure -- unfortunately, my memory isn't real reliable in this case. It could be that the experience we had with RHEL5 makes me try this as possibility now too ;-)
What I'm trying to do by CMS formatting the disk is eliminating any possible Linux formatting that is already there.. I have found things like leftover LVM info (from another guest) can confuse things. Linux formatting the disk also works (e.g. using Sine Nomine's LXFMT instead of FORMAT) and avoids needing to format during the install. Most of the issues I've run into with both RH/Suse are with disks that weren't 'cleaned' and came from a previous guest. One nice solution I've implemented in the past is to have the DIRMAINT 'clean' exit issue LXFMT instead of FORMAT so that all DASD returned is already Linux formatted.. but it's usefulness depends on whether you use the same size minidisks for all guests. (I tend to use 1-END disks and not chop up volumes). Scott Rohling On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:07 AM, William Carroll <carro...@nationwide.com>wrote: > Scott > > Doesn't this remind you of the issue we had with RHEL5 and it not > recognizing the dasd during a kickstart? > basically if we CMS formatted it worked but a dasdfmt didn't and we got a > "do you wish to format this volume" or similar message. > it was because RH changed the scripts method of checking the dasd for that > issue as I recall. > RH i think was trying to make the script more common between platforms. > > Not saying Suee is doing the same thing but sounds like a similar issue? > > Just sounds like a similar issue. > > William D Carroll > Mainframe Engineering, Build > Office: 614-677-3885 > Email: carrol...@nationwide.com > > > > From: > Scott Rohling <scott.rohl...@gmail.com> > To: > LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: > 05/17/2011 08:36 AM > Subject: > Re: SLES 11 SP1 install can't find disks? > Sent by: > Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > > > Hi Mike - I do recall running into this.. but it's been a few months. Have > you retried the install now that the disks are formatted? IIRC, I was > able > to get through the install on my 2nd attempt. It could be that I ended > up > formatting the disks with CMS and then retrying - my memory is hazy. I > suspected a bug but was in a hurry at the time and just trying to get > through an install.. > > Scott Rohling > > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 6:19 AM, Michael MacIsaac > <mike...@us.ibm.com>wrote: > > > Rogerio, > > > > > did you attach dasd to the guest ? > > They are minidisks. There was no error message when logging onto the > > virtual machine. Thanks. > > > > "Mike MacIsaac" <mike...@us.ibm.com> (845) 433-7061 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
