Re: How to prepare disk on a Power 6 Suse Linux partition for sale or lease return

OK That's a whole different issue...

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:24 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

No, they work fine for the Power 6. As long as they are used by Linux or
AIX and not IBM i.
I would rather avoid any low level formatting that might confuse the
bejeebers out of the leasing company.


Rob Berendt
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From: Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 10/15/2014 01:16 PM
Subject: Re: How to prepare disk on a Power 6 Suse Linux partition
for sale or lease return
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



So the drives are non-supported for the Power6? Typically the only
difference is the sector/block size. I have formatted 300GB back to 283GB
in the past and 146GB back to 139s or gone the other way.

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:07 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Won't work.
But I have some in here that is labeled pSeries disk (down to the labels
on the drives themselves)


Rob Berendt
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IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
Group Dekko
Dept 1600
Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive
Garrett, IN 46738
Ship to: Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com





From: Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 10/15/2014 01:05 PM
Subject: Re: How to prepare disk on a Power 6 Suse Linux

partition

for sale or lease return
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



Since I ma and i guy...
Heck I would create an LPAR ( or use one already cfg'd ) and point those
and only those disks to that LPAR, boot/install LIC which will init the
loadsource then use DST to init the others.


On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 8:28 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Again, I am not looking for a DOD rated wipe.

I am preparing my last Power 6 for lease return. I have all the IBM i
disk initialized. But I have some in here that is labeled pSeries

disk

(down to the labels on the drives themselves). These were used by my

Suse

Linux lpar. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 installation program

v3.3.91

(aka SLES 11).
I had a thread going at DeveloperWorks at

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=8f6fff74-1be6-486f-8a21-f6ab5d790bcc

but something went haywire there and my posts are marked as spam now.

I

suspect the words "for sale" in the subject line.

I did the following:
Used the HMC to set the partition profile settings to boot to SMS.
I also changed the partition properties boot keylock position to

Manual.

Then I said to activate the profile, using the advanced button to

ensure

that it was set to Manual and SMS. I also told it to open up a

terminal

window or console session.

At this menu:
Version EL350_149
SMS 1.7 (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000,2008 All rights reserved.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Main Menu
1. Select Language
2. Setup Remote IPL (Initial Program Load)
3. Change SCSI Settings
4. Select Console
5. Select Boot Options
I took
5. Select Boot Options

At this menu:
Multiboot
1. Select Install/Boot Device
2. Configure Boot Device Order
3. Multiboot Startup <OFF>
4. SAN Zoning Support
I took
1. Select Install/Boot Device

At this menu:
Select Device Type
1. Diskette
2. Tape
3. CD/DVD
4. IDE
5. Hard Drive
6. Network
7. List all Devices
I took
7. List all Devices

When presented with these choices:
Select Device
Device Current Device
Number Position Name
1. 1 SCSI CD-ROM
( loc=U0588.001.012EF8C-CB1-C14-T1-L1-L0 )
2. 2 SCSI 1463 GB Harddisk
( loc=U0595.001.13230A8-CB1-C01-T5-L0-L0 )
I selected the first, the SCSI CD-ROM.

From this menu:
Select Task
SCSI CD-ROM
( loc=U0588.001.012EF8C-CB1-C14-T1-L1-L0 )
1. Information
2. Normal Mode Boot
3. Service Mode Boot
I selected:
3. Service Mode Boot

When presented with:
Are you sure you want to exit System Management Services?
1. Yes
2. No
I selected
1. Yes

When presented with:
Welcome to SuSE Linux Enterprise 11!
Type "install" to start the YaST installer on this CD/DVD
Type "slp" to start the YaST install via network
Type "rescue" to start the rescue system on this CD/DVD
Welcome to yaboot version r22.8-r1190.SuSE
booted from

'/pci@800000020000120/pci@2,4/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0/sd@1,0:1,\suseboot\ya

boot.ibm'
running with firmware 'IBM,EL350_149' on model 'IBM,8203-E4A', serial
'IBM,0210813C5'
, partition 'deletemeLinux'
Enter "help" to get some basic usage information
boot:
In entered in rescue.

After quite some time I was given this menu:
Main Menu
1) Start Installation
2) Settings
3) Expert
4) Exit or Reboot

Last time I tried 3) Expert. I could use ls to list files and

whatnot.

However I couldn't use fdisk as it kept telling me it wasn't found.

Tried

changing into various directories but I couldn't find it.

Any suggestions?


Rob Berendt
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IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
Group Dekko
Dept 1600
Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive
Garrett, IN 46738
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