Re: [tsec-gf] Re: will s390 have a working installer for sarge?

To: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
Cc: debian-boot@lists.debian.org, waldi@debian.org
Subject: Re: [tsec-gf] Re: will s390 have a working installer for sarge?
From: Frank Kirschner <kirschner@trustsec.de>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 18:32:27 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 20040517163226.GA31753@trustsec.de>
Reply-to: Frank Kirschner <kirschner@trustsec.de>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20040512170514.GA21986@deprecation.cyrius.com>
References: <20040411170139.GA12041@kitenet.net> <20040413140825.GC22824@deprecation.cyrius.com> <20040414002053.GA10034@trustsec.de> <[🔎] 20040512170514.GA21986@deprecation.cyrius.com>

Hi,

Martin Michlmayr:
> * Frank Kirschner <kirschner@trustsec.de> [2004-04-14 02:20]:
> > I have made a patch, that does exactly that.
> > For now, the patch uses /proc/partitions only for dasd's. Bastian
> > suggested to rewrite partconf, that it uses /proc/partitions on all
> > platforms.
> 
> What happend to that patch?  Have you received SVN access in the
> meantime, or do you need someone else to commit that patch for you?

The patch is no longer needed, because of the fix of libparted.
The installer works now for s390, except of the installation of the boot
loaded and one minor problem with the network setup.

I am looking right now into these two issues.

Attached is a log of the installation.

Ciao
		Frank Kirschner

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00:
CP I CMS
z/VM V4.4.0 2004-01-07 15:52

DMSACP723I A (191) R/O
THIS IS DONALD12

Ready; T=0.01/0.02 15:56:02

CMS
debian4
00: 0000003 FILES PURGED
00: RDR FILE 0109 SENT FROM DONALD12 PUN WAS 0109 RECS 034K CPY 001 A NOHOLD NOKEEP
00: RDR FILE 0110 SENT FROM DONALD12 PUN WAS 0110 RECS 0001 CPY 001 A NOHOLD NOKEEP
00: RDR FILE 0111 SENT FROM DONALD12 PUN WAS 0111 RECS 017K CPY 001 A NOHOLD NOKEEP
00: 0000003 FILES CHANGED
00: 0000003 FILES CHANGED
Linux version 2.4.25-1-s390 (waldi@raptor) (gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian 20040321)) #1 SMP Sun Apr 4 16:02:11 CEST 2004
We are running under VM (31 bit mode)
This machine has no PFIX support
This machine has an IEEE fpu
On node 0 totalpages: 131072
zone(0): 131072 pages.
zone(1): 0 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
Kernel command line: dasd=192-191 ro
Highest subchannel number detected (hex) : 0014
Calibrating delay loop...
550.50 BogoMIPS
Memory: 513316k/524288k available (2172k kernel code, 0k reserved, 381k data, 60k init)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
debug: Initialization complete
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Detected 3 CPU's
Boot cpu address 0
cpu 0 phys_idx=0 vers=FF ident=111000 machine=9672 unused=0000
cpu 1 phys_idx=1 vers=FF ident=111111 machine=9672 unused=0000
Waiting on wait_init_idle (map = 0x6)
cpu 2 phys_idx=2 vers=FF ident=111222 machine=9672 unused=0000
All processors have done init_idle
init_mach : starting machine check handler
mach_handler : ready
mach_handler : waiting for wakeup
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd
VFS: Disk quotas vdquot_6.5.1
Journalled Block Device driver loaded
devfs: v1.12c (20020818) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
devfs: boot_options: 0x1
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
devfs_register(ttyS): could not append to parent, err: -17
dasd: initializing...
dasd: Registered successfully to major no 94
dasd(eckd): ECKD discipline initializing
dasd(eckd): We are interested in: CU 3880/00
dasd(eckd): We are interested in: CU 3990/00
dasd(eckd): We are interested in: CU 2105/00
dasd(eckd): We are interested in: CU 9343/00

dasd: Registered ECKD discipline successfully
dasd(fba): FBA discipline initializing
dasd(fba): We are interested in: Dev 9336/00 @ CU 6310/00
dasd(fba): We are interested in: Dev 3370/00 @ CU 3880/00
dasd: Registered FBA discipline successfully
dasd: initialization finished
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 24576K size 1024 blocksize
Initializing Cryptographic API
qdio: loading QDIO base support version 2 ($Revision: 1.145.4.4 $/$Revision: 1.66.4.2 $)
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP: routing cache hash table of 2048 buckets, 32Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 65536 bind 65536)
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
IPv6 v0.8 for NET4.0
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
Freeing initrd memory: 1352k freed
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Mounted devfs on /dev
Freeing unused kernel memory: 15k freed
Setting up filesystem, please wait ...
umount: /initrd: Invalid argument

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layout.
Choose a language:
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3. Basque 17. Greek 31. Portuguese
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11. Dutch 25. Latvian 39. Turkish
12. English 26. Lithuanian 40. Ukrainian
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14. French 28. Norwegian Nynorsk 42. Welsh

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Choose country or region

Based on your language, you are probably located in one of these countries or
regions.
Choose a country, territory or area:
1. Australia 5. Hong Kong 9. Philippines 13. United States
2. Botswana 6. India 10. Singapore 14. Zimbabwe
3. Canada 7. Ireland 11. South Africa 15. other
4. Denmark 8. New Zealand 12. United Kingdom
Prompt: '?' for help>
13
13
Configure the network device

Please choose the type of your primary network interface that you will need for
installing the Debian system (via NFS or HTTP). Only the listed devices are
supported.
Network device type:
1. ctc: Channel to Channel (CTC) or ESCON connection
2. lcs: qeth: OSA-2 Token Ring/Ethernet or OSA-Express Fast Ethernet (non-QDIO)
3. qeth: OSA-Express in QDIO mode / HiperSockets
4. iucv: Inter-User Communication Vehicle - available for VM guests only
5. Quit
Prompt: '?' for help>
3
3
Configure the network device

!! ERROR: Installation step failed

An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item again from the
menu, or skip it and choose something else. The failing step is: Configure the
network device
?Press enter to continueÙ

Debian installer main menu

This is the main menu for the Debian installer.
Choose the next step in the install process:
1. Choose language
2. Choose country or region
3. Configure the network device
4. Configure a network using static addressing
5. Choose a mirror of the Debian archive
6. Load installer components
7. Execute a shell
8. Abort the installation and reboot
Prompt: '?' for help, default=3>
3
3
Configure the network device

Please select the OSA-Express QDIO / HiperSockets device.
Device:
1. 0xff00-0xff02 2. Quit
Prompt: '?' for help>
1
1
Configure the network device

Please enter a relative port for this connection.
Port:
Prompt: '?' for help, default=0>
0
0
Configure the network device

Please enter the portname of your OSA-Express card. This name must be 1 to 8
characters long and must be equal on all systems accessing the same card.

Leave it empty if you want to use HiperSockets. This parameter is required for
cards with microcode level 2.10 or later or when you want to share a card.

The name will automatically be converted to uppercase.
Portname:
Prompt: '?' for help>

Configure the network device

The configured parameters are:
read channel = 0xff00
write channel = 0xff01
data channel = 0xff02
port = 0
portname = -

Is this configuration correct?
1. Yes 2. No
Prompt: '?' for help, default=1>
1
1
Configure a network using static addressing

Your system has multiple network interfaces. Choose the one to use as the
primary network interface while installing Debian.
Primary network interface:
1. sit0: IPv6-in-IPv4 2. hsi0: Hypersocket
Prompt: '?' for help>
2
2
Configure a network using static addressing

The IP address is unique to your computer and consists of four numbers
separated by periods. If you don't know what to use here, consult your network
administrator.
IP address:
Prompt: '?' for help>
10.152.123.113
10.152.123.113
Configure a network using static addressing

The netmask is used to determine which machines are local to your network.
Consult your network administrator if you do not know the value. The netmask
should be entered as four numbers separated by periods.
Netmask:
Prompt: '?' for help, default=255.255.255.0>
255.255.255.224
255.255.255.224
Configure a network using static addressing

The gateway is an IP address (four numbers separated by periods) that indicates
the gateway router, also known as the default router. All traffic that goes
outside your LAN (for instance, to the Internet) is sent through this router.
In rare circumstances, you may have no router; in that case, you can leave this
blank. If you don't know the proper answer to this question, consult your
network administrator.
Gateway:
Prompt: '?' for help, default=10.152.123.97>
10.152.123.126
10.152.123.126
Configure a network using static addressing

Please enter the IP addresses (not host names) of up to 3 name servers,
separated by spaces. Do not use commas. The first server in the list will be
the first to be queried. If you don't want to use any name server, just leave
this field blank.
Name server addresses:
Prompt: '?' for help, default=10.152.123.126>
10.165.1.20
10.165.1.20
Configure a network using static addressing

Please enter the hostname for this system.

The hostname is a single word that identifies your system to the network. If
you don't know what your hostname should be, consult your network
administrator. If you are setting up your own home network, you can make
something up here.
Hostname:
Prompt: '?' for help, default=debian>
donald12
donald12
Configure a network using static addressing

The domain name is the part of your Internet address to the right of your host
name. It is often something that ends in .com, .net, .edu, or .org. If you
are setting up a home network, you can make something up, but make sure you use
the same domain name on all your computers.
Domain name:
Prompt: '?' for help>
boeblingen.de.ibm.com
boeblingen.de.ibm.com
Choose a mirror of the Debian archive

The goal is to find a mirror of the Debian archive that is close to you on the
network -- be aware that nearby countries, or even your own, may not be the
best choice.
Debian archive mirror country:
1. enter information manually 20. Finland 39. Mexico
2. Argentina 21. France 40. Nicaragua
3. Austria 22. Great Britain 41. Netherlands
4. Australia 23. Greece 42. Norway
5. Belgium 24. Hong Kong 43. New Zealand
6. Bulgaria 25. Croatia 44. Poland
7. Brazil 26. Hungary 45. Portugal
8. Belarus 27. Indonesia 46. Romania
9. Canada 28. Ireland 47. Russia
10. Switzerland 29. Israel 48. Sweden
11. Chile 30. India 49. Singapore
12. China 31. Iceland 50. Slovenia

13. Colombia 32. Italy 51. Slovakia
14. Costa Rica 33. Japan 52. Thailand
15. Czech Republic 34. Korea 53. Turkey
16. Germany 35. Lithuania 54. Taiwan
17. Denmark 36. Luxembourg 55. Ukraine
18. Estonia 37. Latvia 56. United States
19. Spain 38. Morocco 57. South Africa
Prompt: '?' for help, default=56>
16
16
Choose a mirror of the Debian archive

Please select a Debian archive mirror. You should use a mirror in your country
or region if you do not know which mirror has the best Internet connection to
you.

Usually, ftp.<your country code>.debian.org is a good choice.
Debian archive mirror:
1. ftp2.de.debian.org 11. ftp.uni-kl.de
2. ftp.de.debian.org 12. ftp.tu-clausthal.de
3. ftp.leo.org 13. ftp.freenet.de
4. debian.tu-bs.de 14. ftp.uni-koeln.de
5. ftp.uni-erlangen.de 15. debian.uni-essen.de
6. ftp.uni-stuttgart.de 16. ftp.uni-bayreuth.de
7. debian.pffa.de 17. ftp.tiscali.de
8. debian.serveftp.net 18. ftp.gwdg.de
9. mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de 19. ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de
10. sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
Prompt: '?' for help>
2
2
Choose a mirror of the Debian archive

If you need to use a HTTP proxy to access the outside world, enter the proxy
information here. Otherwise, leave this blank.

The proxy information should be given in the standard form of
"http://??userÙ?:passÙ@Ùhost?:portÙ/";
HTTP proxy information (blank for none):
Prompt: '?' for help>

Checking the Debian archive mirror
..100%
Choose a mirror of the Debian archive

Debian comes in several flavors. Stable is well-tested and rarely changes.
Unstable is untested and frequently changing. Testing is a middle ground, that
receives many of the new versions from unstable if they are not too buggy.
Debian version to install:
1. stable 2. testing 3. unstable
Prompt: '?' for help, default=2>
3
3
Loading components of the Debian installer
..10%
..20%
..30%
..40%
..50%
..60%
..70%
..80%
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..100%
Detecting disks and all other hardware
..100%
S390 disk configuration

The following DASD (Disk Access Storage Device) are available. Please choose
one of them.
Available disks:
1. 38ee (new) 4. 38ec (new) 7. 38e7 (new) 10. 019e (new) 13. 0405 (new)
2. 38ef (new) 5. 38ed (new) 8. 0190 (new) 11. 0402 (new) 14. 0592 (new)
3. 0191 (new) 6. 38e6 (new) 9. 019d (new) 12. 0401 (new) 15. Quit
Prompt: '?' for help>
00:
CP Q V DA
00: DASD 0190 3390 440RES R/O 107 CYL ON DASD 38D0 SUBCHANNEL = 000E
00: DASD 0191 3390 HALOW1 R/O 500 CYL ON DASD 38E5 SUBCHANNEL = 0005
00: DASD 019D 3390 440RES R/O 146 CYL ON DASD 38D0 SUBCHANNEL = 000F
00: DASD 019E 3390 440RES R/O 250 CYL ON DASD 38D0 SUBCHANNEL = 0010
00: DASD 0401 3390 440RES R/O 146 CYL ON DASD 38D0 SUBCHANNEL = 0012
00: DASD 0402 3390 440RES R/O 146 CYL ON DASD 38D0 SUBCHANNEL = 0011
00: DASD 0405 3390 440RES R/O 156 CYL ON DASD 38D0 SUBCHANNEL = 0013
00: DASD 0592 3390 440W01 R/O 67 CYL ON DASD 38D1 SUBCHANNEL = 0014
00: DASD 38E6 3390 0X38E6 R/W 3338 CYL ON DASD 38E6 SUBCHANNEL = 0008
00: DASD 38E7 3390 0X38E7 R/W 3338 CYL ON DASD 38E7 SUBCHANNEL = 0009
00: DASD 38EC 3390 0X38EC R/W 3338 CYL ON DASD 38EC SUBCHANNEL = 0006
00: DASD 38ED 3390 0X38ED R/W 3338 CYL ON DASD 38ED SUBCHANNEL = 0007
00: DASD 38EE 3390 0X38EE R/O 3338 CYL ON DASD 38EE SUBCHANNEL = 0003
00: DASD 38EF 3390 0X38EF R/O 3338 CYL ON DASD 38EF SUBCHANNEL = 0004
6
6
S390 disk configuration

The device 38e6 seems to be an already low-level formatted disk. If the disk
has not been used for Linux 2.4 before, formatting it now is recommended.

WARNING: All data on this disk will be IRREVERSIBLY LOST!
Format the disk?
1. Yes 2. No
Prompt: '?' for help, default=2>
2
2
S390 disk configuration

The following DASD (Disk Access Storage Device) are available. Please choose
one of them.
Available disks:
1. 38ee (new) 5. 38ed (new) 9. 019d (new) 13. 0405 (new)
2. 38ef (new) 6. 38e6 (formated) 10. 019e (new) 14. 0592 (new)
3. 0191 (new) 7. 38e7 (new) 11. 0402 (new) 15. Quit
4. 38ec (new) 8. 0190 (new) 12. 0401 (new)
Prompt: '?' for help>
15
15
Partition a hard drive

Please choose one of the listed disks, to create partitions on it.
Disk to partition:
1. /dev/dasd/38e6/disc (s390/zSeries DASD/ 2347MiB) 2. Finish
Prompt: '?' for help>
1
1
reading volume label: VOL1
reading vtoc : ok

Command action
m print this menu
p print the partition table
n add a new partition
d delete a partition
v change volume serial
t change partition type
r re-create VTOC and delete all partitions
u re-create VTOC re-using existing partition sizes
s show mapping (partition number - data set name)
q quit without saving changes
w write table to disk and exit

Command (m for help):
p
p

Disk /dev/dasd/38e6/disc:
3338 cylinders,
15 tracks per cylinder,
12 blocks per track
4096 bytes per block
volume label: VOL1, volume identifier: LX38E6
maximum partition number: 3

------------------------------- tracks -------------------------------
Device start end length Id System
/dev/dasd/38e6/part1 2 43691 43690 1 Linux native
/dev/dasd/38e6/part2 43692 50069 6378 2 Linux swap

Command (m for help):
w
w
Partition a hard drive

Please choose one of the listed disks, to create partitions on it.
Disk to partition:
1. /dev/dasd/38e6/disc (s390/zSeries DASD/ 2347MiB) 2. Finish
Prompt: '?' for help>
2
2
Configure and mount partitions

These are the partitions that were detected in your system. Please select a
partition to configure. No actual changes will be made until you select
"Finish". If you select "Abort", no changes will be made.

The information shown is, in order: device name, size, file system, and mount
point.
Select a partition
1. /dev/dasd/38e6/part1 2.0 GiB ext3 3. Finish
2. /dev/dasd/38e6/part2 299 MiB swap 4. Abort
Prompt: '?' for help>
?
?
KEYSTROKES:
? Display this help message
< Go back to previous question
Select a partition
1. /dev/dasd/38e6/part1 2.0 GiB ext3 3. Finish
2. /dev/dasd/38e6/part2 299 MiB swap 4. Abort
Prompt: '?' for help>
1
1
Configure and mount partitions

This partition seems to already have a file system (ext3). You can choose to
leave this file system intact, create a new file system, or create swap space.
Action on /dev/dasd/38e6/part1:
1. Leave the file system intact 3. Create ext2 file system
2. Create ext3 file system 4. Create swap space
Prompt: '?' for help, default=1>
2
2
Configure and mount partitions

When a partition is mounted, it is available to the users of the system. You
always need a root ("/") partition, and it's often good to have a separate
partition for /home.
Mount point for /dev/dasd/38e6/part1:
1. / 3. /boot 5. /var 7. Don't mount it
2. /usr 4. /home 6. /tmp 8. Enter manually
Prompt: '?' for help>
1
1
Configure and mount partitions

The information shown is, in order: device name, size, file system, and mount
point.
Select a partition
1. /dev/dasd/38e6/part1 2.0 GiB ext3 / 3. Finish
2. /dev/dasd/38e6/part2 299 MiB swap 4. Abort
Prompt: '?' for help>
2
2
Configure and mount partitions

This partition seems to already have a file system (swap). You can choose to
leave this file system intact, create a new file system, or create swap space.
Action on /dev/dasd/38e6/part2:
1. Leave the file system intact 3. Create ext2 file system
2. Create ext3 file system 4. Create swap space
Prompt: '?' for help, default=1>
4
4
Configure and mount partitions

File systems will be created and partitions mounted.

WARNING: This will destroy all data on the partitions you have assigned file
systems to.
Ready to create file systems and mount partitions?
1. Yes 2. No
Prompt: '?' for help, default=2>
1
1
Installing the Debian base system
..10%..20%..30%..40%..56%..68%..70%..80%..95%..100%
Continue without boot loader

No boot loader installed

No boot loader has been installed, either because you chose not to or because
your specific architecture doesn't support a boot loader yet.

You will need to boot your kernel by hand with the root=/dev/dasda1 option.
?Press enter to continueÙ

Finishing the installation Finish the installation

Installation complete

Installation is complete, so it is time to boot into your new Debian system.
Make sure to remove the installation media (CD-ROM, floppies), so that your
system boots from the disk to which Debian was installed.
?Press enter to continueÙ

..15%..23%..30%..46%..53%..61%..76%..84%..92%
The system is going down NOW !!

Sending SIGTERM to all processes.

Sending SIGKILL to all processes.

Please stand by while rebooting the system.
qdio : sense data available on qdio channel.
qdio : irb: 01 c2 60 17 1f c2 4d 48 0e 00 00 00 00 80 00 00
qdio : irb: 01 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
qdio : sense data: 80 00 1f 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
qdio : sense data: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
qdio : received check condition on activate queues on irq 0x2 (cs=x0, ds=xe).
qeth: activate queues on irq 0x2: dstat=0xe, cstat=0x0
qeth: recovery was scheduled on irq 0x0 (hsi0) with problem 0x3
Restarting system.
01: HCPGSP2629I The virtual machine is placed in CP mode due to a SIGP stop from CPU 01.
02: HCPGSP2629I The virtual machine is placed in CP mode due to a SIGP stop from CPU 02.
00: 0000003 FILES CHANGED
Linux version 2.4.25-1-s390 (waldi@raptor) (gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian 20040321)) #1 SMP Sun Apr 4 16:02:11 CEST 2004
We are running under VM (31 bit mode)
This machine has no PFIX support
This machine has an IEEE fpu
On node 0 totalpages: 131072
zone(0): 131072 pages.
zone(1): 0 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
Kernel command line: dasd=192-191 ro
Highest subchannel number detected (hex) : 0014
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