On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 05:18:49AM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > >partman is unusable on s390 and blocks completely after issuing a error > >about the sector size. > > I believe this is because libparted (and hence partman) doesn't support s/390 > partition tables. The error message is annoying but known, but is not the real problem. > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think s/390 uses a unique partition table > system, unlike that of any of the other architectures. The "internal" storage uses IBM disklabels, which aren't supported by parted. The "external" storage, connected via FC, may use something else. Bastian -- We Klingons believe as you do -- the sick should die. Only the strong should live. -- Kras, "Friday's Child", stardate 3497.2
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