dasdinit(1) [debian man page]

DASDLIST(1)						      General Commands Manual						       DASDLIST(1)

NAME

       dasdlist

SYNOPSIS

       dasdinit [-v] [-z] [-bz2] [-0] [-lfs] [-a] [-r] [-linux] filename devtype[-model] [volser] [size]

       This manual page documents the dasdinit program.

       dasdlist builds an empty dasd image file

PARAMETERS

       filename  name of dasd image file to be created

       devtype	 emulated device type

       model	 emulated device model (optional)

       volser	 volume serial number (1-6 characters) (only if '-r' option not used)

       size	 number of cylinders (for CKD devices) or 512-byte sectors (for FBA devices) (optional if device specified)

OPTIONS

       -v	 display version info and help

       -z	 build compressed dasd image file using zlib

       -bz2	 build compressed dasd image file using bzip2

       -0	 build compressed dasd image file with no compression

       -lfs	 build a large (uncompressed) dasd file (if supported)

       -a	 build dasd image file that includes alternate cylinders (option ignored if size is manually specified)

       -r	 build 'raw' dasd image file  (no VOL1 or IPL track)

       -linux	 null track images will look like linux dasdfmt'ed images (3390 device type only)

SEE ALSO

       /usr/share/doc/hercules/html/hercload.html

AUTHOR

       Hercules was created by Roger Bowler and is maintained by Jay Maynard. Jan Jaeger designed and implemented many of the advanced features of
       Hercules, including dynamic reconfiguration, integrated console, interpretive execution, and z/Architecture support.

       This manual page was written by Peter De Schrijver p2@debian.org for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by  others).	Permission
       is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GPL.

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