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9. Press Enter again on the Confirm Changed Partition screen, which will complete the
changes required on the i5/OS partition (Figure 13-12).
Figure 13-12 Partition Change Successful
Notice that the changes made to i5/OS resources requires an IPL of the system, as indicated
by the “<” in Figure 13-12. There is no need to perform this task at present, you can perform
the IPL once you define all of the Linux partitions.
Also notice that changes to memory allocation in i5/OS partition are not immediate.
10..Use option 1 against the new partition you created, and then function F9 to toggle
between CURRENT and PENDING values. You will see that the memory is gradually
removed from the owning partition. When you remove large amounts of main storage from
the owning partition, the removal may take a considerable time.
Note: Notice that memory is released quicker if you define your partitions when the system
is in a restricted state through DST.