Thanks I found my gun I had the disks linked RW by another ID and the whole in my foot is much better now
Larry Davis, VM Capability -----Original Message----- From: Peter Oberparleiter [mailto:ober...@linux.vnet.ibm.com] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 4:00 AM To: Linux on 390 Port Cc: Davis, Larry (National VM Capability) Subject: Re: RHEL 6.3 DASD configuration On 21.02.2013 15:57, Davis, Larry (National VM Capability) wrote: > I finally got the Graphical installer working using X but now when I try to > Install Linux on my DASD I end up with DASD accessed R/O when it was > initially all R/W. > No Matter what option I use I always end up with this error. > > Just prior to connecting to the new Linux to perform the install all > DASD looks like this Activated DASDs: > 0.0.0150(ECKD) dasdb : active, blocksize: 4096, 54000 blocks, 210 MB > 0.0.0151(ECKD) dasdc : active, blocksize: 4096, 1746000 blocks, 6820 MB > 0.0.0160(FBA ) dasdd : active, blocksize: 512, 524288 blocks, 256 MB > 0.0.0161(FBA ) dasde : active, blocksize: 512, 1048576 blocks, 512 MB > Initial configuration completed. > > After I do the basic installation steps and create a custom layout > /boot on 150 > / on 151 > Swap on 160 > Swap on 161 > > In the end I always get an error that a device is R/O and the process > can't continue > > /dev/dasdx is marked as R/O From the available output it is not clear if 0150 and 0151 where formatted with the CDL format (dasdfmt with default options or -d ldl). Please note that the use of partitions is mandatory for CDL formatted DASDs (/dev/dasdx1 instead of /dev/dasdx). By not using a partition, the filesystem on the DASD will get corrupted, which can also result in it being re-mounted read-only. Regards, Peter Oberparleiter -- Peter Oberparleiter Linux on System z Development - IBM Germany ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
