Package: installation-reports Boot method: z/VM virtual card reader Image version: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-s390/current/imag es/generic/ Date: 09/13/2010 09:30am
Machine: IBM Z9 2094 2IFL z/VM Version 5 Release 3.0, service level 0702 (64-bit) Generated at 10/31/07 09:12:13 CDT Processor: IBM 2094 Memory: 22GIG - 1GIG virtual machine Partitions: (2) 6.88GIG 3390 DASD devices, (1) .09GIG DASD device Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): never got a running Debian system Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card: [O] Configure network: O ] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [E] Install base system: [ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup: [ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Overall install: [ ] Comments/Problems: DASD configures, and partitions, but fails to write <Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments and ideas you had during the initial install.> DASD formats, and goes through the configuration. Desired setup was to have / on one larger disk, /usr on the other, and /boot on the small disk. No swap initially (there will be vdisk for that later). Also tried setting up a single large disk for everything. Once I accept any of the configurations, I get the following error: ┌──────────────┤ [!!] Partition disks ├──┐ │ ERROR!!! │ │ VTOC: seeking on device failed -- vtoc_write_label │ │ Could not write VTOC labels. │ │ │ │ <Go Back> <Continue> │ │ │ └──────────────────────┘ The disks are R/W. I was able to format them with CPFMTXA, and the initial Linux format works. I’ve tried with and without both, with no change in behavior. Virtual machine definition follows: USER DEB1ZL01 XXXXXXXX 1G 1G G COMMAND SET VSWITCH VSWG GRANT &USERID COMMAND COUPLE 8200 TO SYSTEM VSWG * IPL CMS PARM AUTOCR MACH XA OPTION APPLMON * CONSOLE 0009 3215 T NICDEF 8200 TYPE QDIO LAN SYSTEM VSWG SPOOL 000C 2540 READER * SPOOL 000D 2540 PUNCH A SPOOL 000E 1403 A * LINK MAINT 0190 0190 RR LINK LINUX1 0192 0191 RR LINK LINUX1 0191 0192 RR LINK MAINT 019D 019D RR LINK MAINT 019E 019E RR MDISK 0391 3390 31283 125 VG0125 MR MDISK 0392 3390 17701 10016 VP0133 MR MDISK 0393 3390 1 10016 VP0136 MR