Re: using pSeries drive in iSeries

[Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe the block size is controlled by the microcode in the drive.

I think the block size for i is 520 and for p is 512.  They are not 
compatible.

To run p drives configured for i you need to run VIOS on a partition 
that manages the p disks.

Jerry

On 10/14/2011 8:45 AM, Steve Richter 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?