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Bug#236330: Not surprising



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

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