Out of curiousity, what does your DASD parm look like in redhat.prm (or whatever you called the second file you punched)? Do you have one? ~ Daniel > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Hitt [mailto:rbh00@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 6:17 PM > To: redhat-s390-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Installing taroon under VM > > > Hi, All > > I'm attempting to try out the Red Hat Enterprise Linux > release 2.9.5AS > (taroon) by installing it under VM/ESA. The odd thing is > that the Disk > Druid (and the Autopartition method as well) comes up with > /dev/dasdr as > the disk to use, not /dev/dasda as I had hoped. > > In trying to track this problem down I did "cat > /proc/dasd/devices" and > saw that all my > devices, dasd and non-dasd, were listed (see below). > Perhaps this is > a known bug in the > dasd driver? > > A separate annoying problem is that the disk my sysadmin > assigned me was > not virgin but > had a copy of our UTS operating system on it. Using that disk led to > the problem that anaconda > could find no dasd at all to use for the install. I solved > that problem > by using the DDR program under CMS to copy a Linux CDR disk > image onto > the assigned disk. > > Perhaps there's no way around these installation problems > other than for > anaconda to present > the installer with a list of dasd and let the installer > choose which one > anaconda should use. > I suspect this could get to be a nontrivial operation, > because I expect > anaconda is somehow "testing" what's on each disk, and it > should exhibit > how it categorizes the disks at the time it asks which to > use. But this > is pretty important stuff, and a fix for this Beta version of Red Hat > Enterprise Linux for S/390 is needed with highest priority, I believe. > > I've received scant to no mail lately on this mailing-list. Is there > another venue that is being > used for discussion of Red Hat on S/390? Should I be sending > email like > this to another list? > > Richard Hitt rbh00@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Output of cat /proc/dasd/devices: > [root@myself00 lib]# cat /proc/dasd/devices > 0009(none) at ( 94: 0) is dasda : unknown > 000c(none) at ( 94: 4) is dasdb : unknown > 000d(none) at ( 94: 8) is dasdc : unknown > 000e(none) at ( 94: 12) is dasdd : unknown > 0190(ECKD) at ( 94: 16) is dasde : active at blocksize: > 4096, 19260 > blocks, 75 MB > 019d(ECKD) at ( 94: 20) is dasdf : active at blocksize: > 1024, 50490 > blocks, 49 MB > 019e(ECKD) at ( 94: 24) is dasdg : active at blocksize: > 4096, 31500 > blocks, 123 MB > 0191(ECKD) at ( 94: 28) is dasdh : active at blocksize: > 4096, 1260 > blocks, > 4 MB > 0620(none) at ( 94: 32) is dasdi : unknown > 0621(none) at ( 94: 36) is dasdj : unknown > 0622(none) at ( 94: 40) is dasdk : unknown > 0623(none) at ( 94: 44) is dasdl : unknown > 0120(none) at ( 94: 48) is dasdm : unknown > 33b8(none) at ( 94: 52) is dasdn : unknown > 33b9(none) at ( 94: 56) is dasdo : unknown > 0121(none) at ( 94: 60) is dasdp : unknown > 0141(ECKD) at ( 94: 64) is dasdq : active at blocksize: > 4096, 36000 > blocks, 140 MB > 0140(ECKD) at ( 94: 68) is dasdr : active at blocksize: 4096, > 601020 blocks, 2347 MB > 0190(none) at ( 94: 72) is dasds : unknown > 019d(none) at ( 94: 76) is dasdt : unknown > 019e(none) at ( 94: 80) is dasdu : unknown > 0191(none) at ( 94: 84) is dasdv : unknown > 0141(none) at ( 94: 88) is dasdw : unknown > 0140(none) at ( 94: 92) is dasdx : unknown > [root@myself00 lib]# > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-s390-list mailing list > Redhat-s390-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-s390-list > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is the property of Time Inc. or its affiliates. It may be legally privileged and/or confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). No addressee should forward, print, copy, or otherwise reproduce this message in any manner that would allow it to be viewed by any individual not originally listed as a recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying or the taking of any action in reliance on the information herein is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this message. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Redhat-s390-list mailing list Redhat-s390-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-s390-list
