A totally uneducated guess, but with vague memories of other hung Linux installs: maybe need a larger virtual machine size to get through the installation?
Mike Walter -Retired- ________________________________ From: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> on behalf of Rich Smrcina <r...@velocitysoftware.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:03 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> Subject: RHEL 8.3 install stuck Friends, We are trying to install RHEL 8.3 and the initial boot freezes at a specific point. Below is the parm file, the Q VSWITCH output for that machine, and the last several messages of the console log. I’m sure I’m missing something stupid, I just can’t see what it is. ro ramdisk_size=40000 cio_ignore=all,!condev ip=192.168.5.22::192.168.5.124:24:dsvmc.velocitysoftware.com:enccw0.0.0600:none rd.znet=qeth,0.0.0600,0.0.0601,0.0.0602,layer2=0 nameserver=192.168.5.209 rd.dasd=0.0.0200,0.0.0202,0.0.0203 inst.repo=https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=ftp%3A%2F%2Fxxxxxx%3Axxxxxx%40192.168.5.209%2Fiso%2Fr83%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C88bbac6118794623792e08d89b823cad%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637430330947966092%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=xdOuTLEYgBxAd0fngyQFgQtSvwSjKz%2B3CMcdBabBOPI%3D&reserved=0 inst.vnc inst.vncpassword=vsivnc Adapter Owner: RHEL83 NIC: 0600.P00 Name: HYD1G1 Type: QDIO PQUplinkTX: Normal RX Packets: 127 Discarded: 0 Errors: 0 TX Packets: 0 Discarded: 0 Errors: 0 RX Bytes: 12073 TX Bytes: 0 Device: 0602 Unit: 002 Role: DATA Port: 2199 Options: Broadcast Multicast IPv6 IPv4 VLAN Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Started dracut pre-udev hook. Starting udev Kernel Device Manager... Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Started udev Kernel Device Manager. Starting dracut pre-trigger hook... Ý 7.266189¨ qeth: loading core functions Ý 7.338851¨ dasd-fba 0.0.0202: New FBA DASD 9336/10 (CU 6310/80) with 62 MB and 512 B/blk Ý 7.339572¨ dasdb:CMS1/ LXSWAP(MDSK): dasdb1 Ý 7.339769¨ dasd-fba 0.0.0203: New FBA DASD 9336/10 (CU 6310/80) with 250 MB and 512 B/blk Ý 7.340360¨ dasdc:CMS1/ LXSWAP(MDSK): dasdc1 Ý 7.363566¨ qeth: register layer 3 discipline Ý 7.364738¨ qdio: 0.0.0602 OSA on SC e using AI:1 QEBSM:0 PRI:1 TDD:1 SIGA:RW A Ý 7.378110¨ dasd-eckd 0.0.0200: A channel path to the device has become operational Ý 7.379310¨ dasd-eckd 0.0.0200: New DASD 3390/0A (CU 3990/01) with 3338 cylinders, 15 heads, 224 sectors Ý 7.380228¨ dasd-eckd 0.0.0200: DASD with 4 KB/block, 2403360 KB total size, 48 KB/track, compatible disk layout Ý 7.381024¨ dasda:VOL1/ 0X0200: dasda1 Ý 7.389116¨ qeth 0.0.0600: Device is a Virtual NIC QDIO card (level: V713) Ý 7.389116¨ with link type Virt.NIC QDIO. Ý 7.389137¨ qeth 0.0.0600: Inbound source MAC-address not supported on eth%d Ý 7.389148¨ qeth 0.0.0600: VLAN enabled Ý 7.389157¨ qeth 0.0.0600: Multicast enabled Ý 7.389188¨ qeth 0.0.0600: IPV6 enabled Ý 7.389212¨ qeth 0.0.0600: Broadcast enabled Ý 7.399950¨ qeth 0.0.0600 enc600: renamed from eth0 Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Started dracut pre-trigger hook. Starting udev Coldplug all Devices... Mounting Kernel Configuration File System... Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Mounted Kernel Configuration File System. Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Started udev Coldplug all Devices. Starting Show Plymouth Boot Screen... Starting udev Wait for Complete Device Initialization... Ý 7.681231¨ dasdconf.sh Warning: 0.0.0200 is already online, not configuring Ý 7.685140¨ dasdconf.sh Warning: 0.0.0203 is already online, not configuring Ý 7.695761¨ dasdconf.sh Warning: 0.0.0202 is already online, not configuring Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen."" Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Started Forward Password Requests to Plymouth Directory Watch."" Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Reached target Local Encrypted Volumes."" Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Reached target Paths."" Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Started udev Wait for Complete Device Initialization."" Starting Device-Mapper Multipath Device Controller..."" Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Started Device-Mapper Multipath Device Controller."" Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Reached target Local File Systems (Pre)."" Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Reached target Local File Systems."" Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories..."" Starting Open-iSCSI..."" Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Started Open-iSCSI."" Starting dracut initqueue hook..."" Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Started Create Volatile Files and Directories."" Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Reached target System Initialization."" Ý"Ý0;32m OK "Ý0m¨ Reached target Basic System."" Ý 8.184128¨ IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enc600: link is not ready Rich Smrcina Sr. Systems Engineer Velocity Software Inc. 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