Bug 1309348 - DASD disk is not always brought online by linuxrc
Summary: DASD disk is not always brought online by linuxrc
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: anaconda
Version: 6.8
Hardware: s390x
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Samantha N. Bueno
QA Contact: Release Test Team
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Blocks: 1286535
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Reported: 2016-02-17 14:43 UTC by Jan Stodola
Modified: 2016-05-10 20:47 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: anaconda-13.21.248-1
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2016-05-10 20:47:13 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2016:0798 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE anaconda bug fix and enhancement update 2016-05-10 22:37:41 UTC

Description Jan Stodola 2016-02-17 14:43:57 UTC 
Description of problem:
In some cases, a DASD disk is not brought online by linuxrc. The following conditions help to reproduce this issue:

* 2 CPUs (unable to reproduce with 1 CPU)
* one FBA DASD disk (unable to reproduce with ECKD DASD)
* configuration in CMS config file
* tested in a z/VM guest

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL-6.7 GA
RHEL-6.8 Alpha (anaconda-13.21.246-1.el6)

How reproducible:
always when the conditions above are met

Steps to Reproduce:
1. see description

Actual results:
DASD is not brought online by linuxrc

Expected results:
DASD is brought online by linuxrc
Comment 1 Jan Stodola 2016-02-17 14:55:11 UTC 
The following pull request fixes this issue for me:
https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/511
Comment 2 Samantha N. Bueno 2016-02-17 19:44:19 UTC 
Simple enough to fix and low risk. Thanks for the patch.
Comment 4 Jan Stodola 2016-03-10 14:05:02 UTC 
No longer reproducible with anaconda-13.21.249-1.el6.
Moving to VERIFIED.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2016-05-10 20:47:13 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-0798.html
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