> Hi > We are running VM/ESA 2.3.0 and are trying to install Redhat 2.2.18. > We can't get our system to accept any dasds. > We have tried osformat disks, cmsformated disks, reserved cms disks and even linux formated disks from a Marist distribution. > > When trying to format the dasd we get > bash-2.04# dasdfmt -n 201 -b 4096 > dasdfmt: failed to open /proc/dasd/devices: No such file or directory (do you ha > ve the /proc filesystem enabled?) > > When we try to mount a dasd we always get (also when we try to mont a linux formated disk) > bash-2.04# mount /dev/dasda1 /mnt/mydir > mount: /dev/dasda1 has wrong major or minor number > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Command line is: root=/dev/ram0 ro ip=off dasd=200-201 > > Detected device 0200 on subchannel 0003 - PIM = FF, PAM = FF, POM = FF > Detected device 0201 on subchannel 0004 - PIM = FF, PAM = FF, POM = FF > > SenseID : device 0200 reports: CU Type/Mod = 3990/E9, Dev Type/Mod = 3390/0A > SenseID : device 0201 reports: CU Type/Mod = 3990/E9, Dev Type/Mod = 3390/0A > > lockd: cannot monitor 153.88.224.50 > lockd: failed to monitor 153.88.224.50 > > modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-94 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The /proc/devices file shows no 94 dasd devices and /proc/dasd doe's not exists. > > bash-2.04# cat /proc/devices > . > . > Block devices: > 1 ramdisk > 7 loop > 9 md > 95 mnd > bash-2.04# > Regards Mats Westlund and Anna Arvidson
