Re: Minidisk support (was: Installation Question)

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

At the risk of flogging a dead horse, there's one more minor correction I
need to make.

On 2009-12-15, Stephen Powell wrote:
> 
> cdl format:
> 
> Low-level formatting: dasdfmt -d cdl (this is the default format for dasdfmt)
> Partitioning: fdasd (up to three partitions can be created)
> High-level formatting: mke2fs or mkswap
> 
> ldl format:
> 
> Low-level formatting: dasdfmt -d ldl
> Partitioning: none (a single partition is implied)
> High-level formatting: mke2fs or mkswap
> 
> CMS non-reserved:
> 
> Low-level formatting: CMS FORMAT command
> Partitioning: none (a single partition is implied)
> High-level formatting: mke2fs or mkswap
>
> CMS reserved:
>
> Low-level formatting: CMS FORMAT command
> Partitioning: CMS RESERVE command (a single partition is created)
> High-level formatting: mke2fs or mkswap
> 

In the above section I imply that high-level formatting must be done
by either mke2fs or mkswap.  This is not strictly true.  Other file
systems besides ext2 or ext3 may be used.  It would be more accurate
to say "mkfs or mkswap" for the high-level formatting part of each of
the four disk formats.  This allows any desired (and supported) filesystem
to be used.