RE: specifying virtio block device as root filesystem for Debian S390X install?

2015-11-16 Thread Kevin Kwan (Personal)
oot filesystem for Debian S390X install? On 11/04/2015 10:52 PM, Kevin Kwan (Personal) wrote: > Okay, I think I figured out the gist of the problem - > This being the Debian8 kernel/initrd environment, netcfg will be an > issue down the line, since it would not allow you to proceed with a

RE: specifying virtio block device as root filesystem for Debian S390X install?

2015-11-04 Thread Kevin Kwan (Personal)
...@debian.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 3:22 AM To: kkwan@gmail.com Cc: debian-s390@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: specifying virtio block device as root filesystem for Debian S390X install? On 2015-11-04 05:23, Kevin Kwan (Personal) wrote: > If I use the CCW version: > > qe

RE: specifying virtio block device as root filesystem for Debian S390X install?

2015-11-03 Thread Kevin Kwan (Personal)
- From: Philipp Kern [mailto:pk...@debian.org] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 1:20 PM To: Kevin Kwan (Personal) Cc: debian-s390@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: specifying virtio block device as root filesystem for Debian S390X install? On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 10:46:39AM -0500, Kevin Kwan (Personal

RE: specifying virtio block device as root filesystem for Debian S390X install?

2015-11-02 Thread Kevin Kwan (Personal)
S390X install? Hi, On 2015-11-02 00:24, Kevin Kwan (Personal) wrote: > I actually do run into fatal errors if I run this on my Debian x64 > machine, but I think it's possible issues with the S390X TCG in the > older builds of QEMU - actually have both the Windows and Linux > version

RE: specifying virtio block device as root filesystem for Debin S390X install?

2015-11-01 Thread Kevin Kwan (Personal)
01, 2015 5:54 AM To: Kevin Kwan (Personal) Cc: debian-s390@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: specifying virtio block device as root filesystem for Debin S390X install? On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 08:47:51PM -0400, Kevin Kwan (Personal) wrote: > Is it possible to specify a virtio block device as a r

specifying virtio block device as root filesystem for Debin S390X install?

2015-10-28 Thread Kevin Kwan (Personal)
Folks: Is it possible to specify a virtio block device as a root filesystem within the Debian s390x installer? I specified a virtio disk for qemu-system-s390x, and through some miracle was able to get the virtio networking up and running via the latest debian s390x kernel/initrd, and had no