Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/ installer-s390/20041027/images/generic/ uname -a: Linux debian 2.4.27-1-s390 #1 SMP Tue Aug 17 12:18:33 CEST 2004 s390 GNU/Linux Date: 2004.11.15-2004.11.16 Method: ipl from tape, used ssh after Machine: hercules, version 2.17.1-2 Processor: Memory: Root Device: <IDE? SCSI? Name of device?> Root Size/partition table: Feel free to paste the full partition table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where. Output of lspci and lspci -n: Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [E/-] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [E] Comments/Problems: I was not able to format dasd using d-i (known problem, should be fixed now), so I formated dasd manually and formated it with cfdisk. After successfull firts stage I rebooted hercules but I was not able to boot using zipl defaul setup. Linux was not able to find root partition (zipl.conf attached). After using google.com I found that I need to pass dasd=0120 to zipl in order to boot. That worked. It is posible that dasd parameter is missing because I did not use d-i for formating dasd and partitioning.
[defaultboot] defaultmenu = menu :menu target = /boot 1 = debian 2 = old default = 1 prompt = 1 timeout = 10 [debian] target = /boot image = /boot/vmlinuz parameters = ro vmpoff="LOGOFF" root=/dev/dasda1 [old] target = /boot image = /boot/vmlinuz.old parameters = ro vmpoff="LOGOFF" root=/dev/dasda1 optional = 1