Re: Preparing a 3390-27 for Linux

2008-09-10 Thread Howard Rifkind
Thanks Richard... >>> Richard Troth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9/10/2008 10:34 AM >>> Nothing special for the Linux minidisks. The distributor's installation tool should perform any additional formatting. For example, if you install SuSE (SLES10), you will click the checkboxes for the disks you want L

Re: Preparing a 3390-27 for Linux

2008-09-10 Thread Richard Troth
Nothing special for the Linux minidisks. The distributor's installation tool should perform any additional formatting. For example, if you install SuSE (SLES10), you will click the checkboxes for the disks you want Linux to use and the installer program will magically make everything right. *** DE

Re: Preparing a 3390-27 for Linux

2008-09-10 Thread Howard Rifkind
Thanks all, Yes I agree about the performance issue...these are supposed to be low activity guests so it might not make a difference. >>> Aria Bamdad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9/10/2008 10:38 AM >>> Placing them all on one mod 27 may not give you the best performance. Aria. _ LEGAL NOTIC

Re: Preparing a 3390-27 for Linux

2008-09-10 Thread Aria Bamdad
Placing them all on one mod 27 may not give you the best performance. Aria.

Re: Preparing a 3390-27 for Linux

2008-09-10 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 09/10/2008 at 10:18 EDT, Howard Rifkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need to a few Linux guests and was given a new volume to allocate the new > guests minidisks on this volume. > > Volume has 32K tracks and I'm allocating a few minidisk to the guests of 3338 > cylinders on t

Preparing a 3390-27 for Linux

2008-09-10 Thread Howard Rifkind
I need to a few Linux guests and was given a new volume to allocate the new guests minidisks on this volume. Volume has 32K tracks and I'm allocating a few minidisk to the guests of 3338 cylinders on this volume. I'm first doing a CPFMTXA format and labeling the disk accordingly. The direct