Bug#879686: fails to install on hercules
For the benefit of the s390 porters (whom I should have Cc'd on this
from the very start):
Unless I'm doing something terribly wrong, it appears that stretch (and
later) don't install on the hercules s390 emulator anymore. Anyone have
any clue what's wrong?
On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 03:49:48PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
> Severity: important
> Tags: d-i
>
>
>
> -- Package-specific info:
>
> Boot method: hercules virtual card reader
> Image version: daily build from 2017-10-23
> Date: <Date and time of the install>
>
> Machine: Hercules
> Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
>
>
> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
>
> Initial boot: [O]
> Detect network card: [O]
> Configure network: [E]
> Detect CD: [ ]
> Load installer modules: [ ]
> Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
> User/password setup: [ ]
> Detect hard drives: [ ]
> Partition hard drives: [ ]
> Install base system: [ ]
> Install tasks: [ ]
> Install boot loader: [ ]
> Overall install: [ ]
>
> Comments/Problems:
>
> Based on the inwstructions at
> http://josefsipek.net/docs/s390-linux/hercules-s390.html (which really
> should find a home on the Debian wiki, but that as an aside) I created a
> file "debian.cnf" with the following contents:
>
> ----------
> CPUSERIAL 000069 # CPU serial number
> CPUMODEL 9672 # CPU model number
> MAINSIZE 1024 # Main storage size in megabytes
> XPNDSIZE 0 # Expanded storage size in megabytes
> CNSLPORT 3270 # TCP port number to which consoles connect
> NUMCPU 4 # Number of CPUs
> LOADPARM 0120.... # IPL parameter
> OSTAILOR LINUX # OS tailoring
> PANRATE SLOW # Panel refresh rate (SLOW, FAST)
> ARCHMODE ESAME # Architecture mode ESA/390 or ESAME
> # console
> 001F 3270
> # terminal
> 0009 3215
> # reader
> 000C 3505 ./rdr/kernel.debian ./rdr/parmfile.debian ./rdr/initrd.debian autopad eof
> # printer
> 000E 1403 ./prt/print00e.txt crlf
> # dasd
> 0120 3390 ./dasd/3390.LINUX.0120
> # tape
> 0581 3420
> # network s390 realbox
> 0A00,0A01 CTCI -n /dev/net/tun -t 1500 10.1.1.2 10.1.1.1
> ----------
>
> Next, I created a file "dasd/3390.LINUX.0120" with the following command:
>
> dasdinit -lfs -linux dasd/3390.LINUX.0120 3390-3 LIN120 8000
>
> Next, I downloaded the "initrd.debian", "kernel.debian", and
> "parmfile.debian" from the most recent successful d-i daily build.
>
> Finally, I started hercules like so:
>
> sudo hercules -f debian.cnf
>
> and entered the (hercules) command "ipl c".
>
> When the initrd, kernel, and parmfile are from a jessie install, this
> works. When they are from stretch or later(!) however, it does not. The
> kernel boots, and it seems to be doing a bit of initialization, but then
> it stops at:
>
> [...]
> 34.263205! Key type asymmetric registered
> 35.059693! ctcm: CTCM driver initialized
> Starting system log daemon: syslogd, klogd.
> 1;24r 4l(B)0 m 1;24r H J 24;1H m
> 1;24r 4l(B)0 m 1;24r H J 24;1H m
> Configure the network device
>
> After this "Configure the network device", d-i *should* show the
> template for me to select the network device type. It does not, however;
> it just sits at the "Configure the network device" line.
>
> For comparison, on jessie that looks like this:
>
> [...]
> 5.108239! ctcm: CTCM driver initialized
> 5.115620! lcs: Loading LCS driver
> Starting system log daemon: syslogd, klogd.
> 1;24r 4l(B)0 m 1;24r H J 24;1H m
>
> 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: qeth: OSA-Express in QDIO mode / HiperSockets,
> 3: iucv: Inter-User Communication Vehicle - available for VM guests only,
> 4: virtio: KVM VirtIO,
> Prompt: '?' for help>
>
> Obviously something is going terribly wrong here.
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: buster/sid
> APT prefers unstable-debug
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unreleased'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> Foreign Architectures: i386, m68k, arm64
>
> Kernel: Linux 4.13.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=nl_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
>
>
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