Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 119495
LTC7133-/sbin/init error messages when using IUCV for installation
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:07:01 EST
The following has be reported by IBM LTC: /sbin/init error messages when using IUCV for installation Hardware Environment: Manufacturer: IBM Type: 2064 Model: 109 VM00 Control Program: z/VM 4.4.0 Software Environment: RHEL3-U2-Beta-RC-re0316.3 r--r--r-- 4 root root 44 Mar 16 22:11 generic.prm -rw-r--r-- 4 root root 5890684 Mar 16 22:11 initrd.img -rwxr-xr-x 4 root root 3993344 Mar 16 22:11 kernel.img Steps to Reproduce: 1. Download the 3 RedHat U2 bootstrap files to VM guest 2. Load the files to VM reader and IPL from reader to start bootstrap system 3. Specify "iucv" as your network type 4. Continue until after the point where you specify your IUCV partner (ex. iucv=TCPIP) Actual Results: After specifying the iucv partner, you see the following messages: /sbin/init: line 1: cut: command not found /sbin/init: line 216: [: !=: unary operator expected IUCV lowlevel driver Version: 1.40.2.2 initialized A check of /sbin/init (which links to /linuxrc) on the ramdisk, we find that the target line is as follows: if [ $(echo "$IUCV" |cut -c 1-5) != "iucv=" ]; then IUCV="iucv=$IUCV" fi The problem is that the "cut" command isn't available on the ramdisk. Expected Results: The /linuxrc functions correctly and no error messages are displayed. Additional Information: One possible solution ... using awk in place of cut: if [ $(echo "$IUCV" |awk -F= '{print $1"="}') != "iucv=" ]; then IUCV="iucv=$IUCV" fi Not sure how well this would work with the /linuxrc environme
we're using bash, so this should work: if [ "${IUCV:0:5}" = "iucv=" ]; then IUCV="iucv=$IUCV" fi
Fixed in CVS, will be in final U2 build.
An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-195.html
While trying out the current errata, I kept getting the following message: IUCV lowlevel driver Version: 1.40.2.2 initialized netiucv: Invalid delimiter '=' divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device iucv0 iucv0: 'iucv' NETIUCV driver Version: 1.21 initialized iucv0: User iucv is currently not available. I didn't realize it before, but the proposed code has a typo. Basically the line if [ "${IUCV:0:5}" = "iucv=" ]; then should really read as if [ "${IUCV:0:5}" != "iucv=" ]; then
Fixed for U3
----- Additional Comments From markver@us.ibm.com 2004-11-11 16:51 EDT ------- Verified fixed on RHEL-3 Update 3 and on RHEL-3 Update 4 beta1, ex: Enter iucv kernel module options (usually iucv=HOST, where HOST is TCPIP for the VM TCP/IP service machine or the name (in capital letters) of another Linux guest: iucv=TCPIP IUCV lowlevel driver Version: 1.40.2.2 initialized divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device iucv0 iucv0: 'TCPIP' NETIUCV driver Version: 1.21 initialized iucv0: connected with remote side Enter your DNS server(s), separated by colons (:): Marking bug closed.