zipl does not pick up "new" disks - FIXED

Florian,

Updating /etc/modules.conf, then running mkinitrd FIXED the problem.

Thanks.

Is this documented somewhere?

> On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 07:40:37AM -0700, Bradley Schmidt wrote:
> We installed beta2 with disks 8000-8003, 8fff.  We're trying to change to 8000-8007
> 
> We've updated /etc/zipl.conf and /etc/modules.conf with the new devices.  We ran zipl.  The /boot/parmfile.1 now correctly indicates dasd=8000-8007.
> 
> We note that the previous /boot/parmfile.1 did NOT have the dasd=8000-8003,8fff parameter, but the /etc/modules.conf DID have the parameter.  However, even after setting the files and running zipl, we are still getting 8000-8003,8fff.
> 
> What else do we need to change?  Where is this information stored?

You have to use mkinitrd to create a new /boot/initrd* file as the information
is copied into it without any way to override it.

greetings,

Florian La Roche







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