Description of problem: dracut-initqueue dropped to emergency shell. [ [1;32m OK [0m] Reached target Basic System. 17:45:51 dracut-initqueue[4123]: Warning: Could not boot. [ [1;32m OK [0m] Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen. [ [1;32m OK [0m] Reached target Basic System. dracut-initqueue[4123]: Warning: Could not boot. dracut-initqueue[4123]: Warning: /dev/root does not exist 17:45:51 Entering emergency mode. Exit the shell to continue. Type "journalctl" to view system logs. 17:45:51 dracut:/# Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): z/VM 6.2 & Fedora 18 Expected results: Additional info:
Please boot with "log_buf_len=10M loglevel=7 systemd.log_level=debug systemd.log_target=kmsg rd.debug" added to the kernel command line and show me /attach the output. Also give me more information about the disk layout or at least the disk configuration and the current kernel command line used.
Created attachment 698073 [details] boot log with added kernel command line Boot log with "log_buf_len=10M loglevel=7 systemd.log_level=debug systemd.log_target=kmsg rd.debug" in the kernel command line.
Created attachment 698075 [details] Additional doc with disk layout f18 exec for minimal build install parm (kernel command line) disk layout
> I'm trying to do a minimal install of Fedora 18 under system z/VM 6.2 Seems like you miss some parameters, "root=...." and anaconda parameters for the installer image. Reassigning to anaconda for further guidance.
Alex, please see the sample parameters file at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/s390x/18 (and https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/s390x/17) how the proper parameters should look like. Another question is whether the compatibility support of reading separate config file (REDHAT.CONF is your case, please paste it too) works. Harald, you did some work in this, didn't you?
Created attachment 702522 [details] kernel command line & redhat conf file kernel command line with root= and external redhat conf file
Created attachment 702534 [details] new boot log with root= & dmesg With the new root= Now, I'm getting: [[1;32m OK [0m] Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen. [[1;32m OK [0m] Reached target Basic System. dracut-initqueue[4132]: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/dasdg1, dracut-initqueue[4132]: missing codepage or helper program, or other error
Alex, is the log still from the installation? Then the root= parameter need to point to the main installer image eg. root=live:http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/18/Fedora/s390x/os/images/install.img when you want to download the image directly from Fedora, or set there an URL or your clone of the repository. And you can get more "on-line" help on IRC or the mailing list, please see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/s390x#Fedora_s390x
Thank you very much - the installer is up now. Do we know if this root= supports the kickstart install?
It does, you can find few samples at http://fedora.danny.cz/s390/fedora-18/ - I used them for the Hercules emulator with CTC networking, so please first update to your setup.