>>> On 5/18/2016 at 04:27 PM, Malcolm Beattie <beatt...@uk.ibm.com> wrote: -snip- > So an ad hoc and quick and dirty way to write a couple of tracks > of a lone R0 that'll be treated by Linux as "n/f" is (starting > with DASD device 777 offline):
Cool, it does indeed work. So I wrapped a script around that and uploaded it to http://wiki.linuxvm.org/wiki/Projects_and_Software/Scripts for anyone that's interested in it. Bug reports are welcome, but don't expect rapid turnaround. :) Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/