Hosting Linux partitions on IBM i -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Hosting Linux partitions on IBM i
From: Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 15:22:41 -0700
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We recently added and an AIX partition to our 740.

We were advised that you can't use IBM I formatted drives (520 byte sector) and we had to buy IX formatted drives (512 byte sector(.

Would this requirement also apply to Linux?

Thx,

Jerry

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Re: Hosting Linux partitions on IBM i , Patrik Schindler
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