Install a new Linux image (not actually that hard), and then mount the old volumes and extract the necessary data you're looking for. Z/OS won't understand the data at all.
-- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. RO-OC-1-18 200 First Street SW /V\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ ----- ^^-^^ "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." On 11/3/11 12:47 PM, "Craig Pace" <cp...@fruit.com> wrote: > List, > > I have been doing some reading, scanning and searching and have come to > many different answers and was wondering if someone might have some > suggestions on this item. We have an old Linux environment. I am not > sure how old it is; however, I know it is between 2 & 3 years at least. > The system (Linux on System z - LPAR Mode) was not active and had the DASD > (ECKD format) moved from one storage sub-system to another with now > different UCBs. I have been asked to look into bring up this system. Is > there any "easy" way to access the data to update the required > configuration to now point to the correct UCB addresses? At this point, > we only have z/OS LPARs running in the environment with no other Linux. I > was hoping that I might be able to do something with USS; however, he does > not know about the "formatted" filesystems that was built by Linux-390. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
