Hi Dipak, Dipak Zope <dipak.zope1@ibm.com> (2022-01-24): > On s390x machines with dasd disc, the installer fails to format the dasd > disc. > > Logs: > Jan 24 12:25:13 main-menu[341]: INFO: Menu item 's390-dasd' selected > Jan 24 12:25:19 s390-dasd[3224]: dasdfmt: > Jan 24 12:25:19 main-menu[341]: WARNING **: Configuring 's390-dasd' failed with error code 1 > Jan 24 12:25:19 main-menu[341]: WARNING **: Menu item 's390-dasd' failed. > > > Root cause: > The s390-dasd package calls dasdfmt with '-f' option which is obselete > long ago. > > Proposed Fix: > s390-dasd / dasd-config.c: line 393: > Existing line: snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "dasdfmt -l LX%04x -b 4096 -m 1 -f %s -y", channel_device (channel_current->name), dev); > Proposed line: snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "dasdfmt -l LX%04x -b 4096 -m 1 %s -y", channel_device (channel_current->name), dev); > > > This fix is verified. Logs for reference after changes (with additional > debug statement): Thanks for the proposed fix and the verification. Do you have anything else s390x/dasd related? Or can we commit this fix, release the package to unstable and consider backporting it to bullseye? Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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