Re: using pSeries drive in iSeries

Yeah...the cobwebs are being dusted off....

You could reformat an iSeries disk for use in pSeries or PC...but not
vice versa I think..

Charles

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 1:47 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sounds familiar
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200812/msg01146.html

I also saw some articles about doing a "low level format" to reuse as400
disks in PC's but I didn't see how to do a "low level format" to change
pseries disks to iseries.


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From:   Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   10/14/2011 01:13 PM
Subject:        Re: using pSeries drive in iSeries
Sent by:        midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Perform a "D" IPL from a SLIC CD.

If you look at the DASD unit it will most likely be marked something
like "DPH001"  meaning read only.

Start SST:
Work with disk units
Work with Disk Unit Recovery
Disk unit problem recovery procedures
Initialize and format disk unit


Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 10/14/2011 11:23 AM, Charles Wilt wrote:

the AS/400&  iSeries used a different sized sector  (think iSeries
used 528 and pSeries used 512)..

Obviously something's different now with POWER5 and higher...

But your 270 is older...

IIRC, there was a way to reformat the pSeries drive for use in an
iSeries..but a quick google search didn't turn up anything...

Charles


On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Steve Richter
<stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:

 trying to boot an iSeries 270 from a single 36GB pSeries drive.

 IBM 36GB 10K eSERVER pSERIES USCSI HARD DRIVE 09P4444

 get as far as the DST menu.   From the initialize and format disk

units

 option, the drive shows up as "non configured".

 after f10=confirm initialize and format, get an error:

   "the system encounered an error while it was attempting to read or

write to

 a disk unit"

 shows the drive as:
 type 6600  model 030  resource name DPH001  reference code I/O

processor

 0000  device 0000

 here is a link that appears to say pSeries drives use 528 byte

sectors same

 as iSeries.

 Is it possible to use pSeries drives in an iSeries?
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