Bug 181634 - Installer writes to devices that are different than those specified.
Summary: Installer writes to devices that are different than those specified.
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 181633
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.0
Hardware: s390x
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-02-15 16:58 UTC by Heather Conway
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2006-02-15 18:17:01 UTC
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Description Heather Conway 2006-02-15 16:58:32 UTC
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Description of problem:
Began the installation of RHEL 4.0 U2 for s390x on a z800.  When prompted to enter the DASD device numbers, the DASD range specified was 600,601.  
However, instead of formatting and installing to DASD devices 600 and 601, the installer selected DASD devices 500 and 501.  Subsequently, the data on the 500 and 501 devices was overwritten by the dasdfmt command.  This is has caused data loss.
How and why did this happen?
Thanks.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.9-22.EL

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Began the installation of RHEL 4.0 U2 for s390x on a z800.  
When prompted to enter the DASD device numbers, the DASD range specified was 600,601.  
Continue with the installation....

Actual Results:  The installer should have used the devices specified, 600 and 601, but it used 500 and 501 instead.  It should not select other devices for installation.

Expected Results:  The installer should have used the devices specified, 600 and 601, but it used 500 and 501 instead.  It should not select other devices for installation.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Heather Conway 2006-02-15 17:04:22 UTC
Adding to cc list and changing the Priority to High.


Comment 2 Jason Baron 2006-02-15 18:17:01 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 181633 ***


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