Description of problem: The installer attempts to add all devices to the Linux dasd driver and even decides to format the disk without interaction with the user. There does not seem to be a way to restrict the range of dasd devices the installer picks up. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): initrd dated Jul 22 00:43 netstg2.img Jul 22 00:44 How reproducible: Installing in a virtual machine the console is filled with lots of msgs like dasd: <devno 000e> Add lowmem page :... dasd: device range 019b-019b: device 019b already in a range Additional info: I believe earlier versions used the DASD= option in the parameter file that is used for the first part of the configuration.
I've tested this with our latest images on s390 and s390x with a DASD=XXX parameter in the .parm file. Only the defined dasds were probed and added to /proc/dasd/devices. Did you test this in hercules ? We could reproduce this in hercules, but not on real hardware. Or did you leave out the DASD= parameter ? We accidently left it out in our documentation but added it in the meantime. Can you please elaborate on 'decides to format the disk without interaction with the user' ? Which DASD has been reformatted ? Has it been a CMS disk or maybe a LDL formatted disk ?
Created attachment 93973 [details] console log of the install The log shows the DASD=200-207 and further down you see the installer tamper with devices outside that range (not even disks).
The log file shows the installer tampering with devices outside that list. Also, a nother disk in the specified range but not formatted was not picked up. Re: unsolicited formatting This was a recycled virtual machine, so the disk was probably CDL format and most likely had a ReiserFS filesystem on it. If really helpful I can make sure to try with that combination next time I run the install.
easy fix: reorder your .parm file so that DASD= isn't the first parameter in the .parm file. I've already committed the real fix to CVS.
Closing MODIFIED bugs as fixed. Please reopen if the problem perists.