On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 03:39:00PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > * Network configuration (CTC) > Works fine. > Wishlist: > - Maybe we should remove the selected read device from the list when > asking for the write device Hmm, makes sense. > - Maybe we could suggest default values (first available device for read; > the one following the selected read device for write) Hmm. Will work mostly. > Issue: > - After selecting a dasd device there is no change of the status on the > screen which makes it look as if no device has been selected yet. > This is only a presentation bug as the selection in fact was done > correctly. And it needs the possibility to format the disks again. > * Partitioning - manual partitioning > Select the "s390" disklabel when using Hercules when creating a new > partition table. I understand that msdos or gpt can be used in some > cases. This depends on the disk type. We need a way to restrict the allowed metadata formats, s390 is only supported on ECKD DASD. > Issue: > - When a new partition is created, it's name is shown strangely: > LINUX.V^G^G^G^G^G^G.PART0001.NATI Looks like a problem in parted. > After committing the changes and restarting partman, it looks more > normal though: > LINUX.V0X0121.PART0001.NATIVE > (Not sure where the 0121 comes from; the DASD I created the partition > on was 0.0.0122!) This is a name which is defined on disklabel creation. Maybe parted does something weird there, let me check. > * Base installation - kernel selection > This is an existing issue, but worth mentioning anyway. > Selection of the default kernel could be improved for S/390. Current > selection uses the full kernel version (e.g. 2.6.16-2-s390) used in the > installer. I thought I fixed that to use the 2.6 meta packages. > This means that: > - if that kernel is not available, the fallback is not optimal; for > example, if I install testing, the 2.6.15-1-s390x kernel will be > selected by default (while hercules does not support s390x); Hmm, is it possible to allow the selection of -s390x but don't ever select it automaticaly? The problem is that -s390x is sorted before -s390, why? > One thing to be aware of is that a new hardware configuration mechanism > has been added for 2.6 kernels using the sysconfig-hardware package. The > installer may (e.g. for CTC netdevices) create config files in directory: > /etc/sysconfig/hardware/. And it adopts the ability to rename interfaces. udev will not longer install that on s390 with the next upload as it is plain broken. Bastian -- Captain's Log, star date 21:34.5...
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