Re: creating DASD
Mike Stramba <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.emulators.hercules390.vm |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Dave, How do you read MVS volumes in VM ? Mike On 8/7/10, Dave Wade <g4ugm-/rAkYNWUBEC+PENguQupYdBc4/[email protected]> wrote: > > VM should happily read MVS OS volumes and I have used this method to copy > MVS source from the Turnkey. It won't howeevr write to them... > > As for DASD for a new VM system it depends on what you mean by a "new" VM > system. If you are restoring from tape, or using a starter system tape then > "dasdinit" is probably the way to go. However once you have created the disk > remember to use the standalone format program to format any CP owned (paging > and spool) areas on the pack. > > If want to modify a an existing system that's already in Hercules then you > can use DASDCOPY to copy a disk and optionally merge in any shadow files in. > > Dave Wade G4UGM > Illegitimi Non Carborundum > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Stramba >> Sent: 07 August 2010 07:24 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [H390-VM] creating DASD >> >> >> AFAIK dasdinit is the only way for VM. >> >> dasdload can load MVS/OS390 type files, you may be able to >> use it with VM, by "cross communicating " / sending / >> converting files to-from VM-MVS, but I don't know if that is >> going to be useful or not >> >> On 8/6/10, Mike Ward <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hello all, what's the best way to create dasd for building >> out a new >> > VM system. Is dasdinit the way to go or are there other/better >> > utilities? >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >