Adding a sample zipl.conf of an LPAR installation - just for reference: $ cat /etc/zipl.conf [defaultboot] defaultmenu = menu
:menu target = /boot 1 = ubuntu 2 = old default = 1 prompt = 1 timeout = 10 [ubuntu] target = /boot image = /boot/vmlinuz ramdisk = /boot/initrd.img parameters = root=UUID=83c2f8ac-7d56-4085-9d20-1e6e01175326 crashkernel=196M [old] target = /boot image = /boot/vmlinuz.old ramdisk = /boot/initrd.img.old parameters = root=UUID=83c2f8ac-7d56-4085-9d20-1e6e01175326 crashkernel=196M optional = 1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to makedumpfile in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1790788 Title: Customize 'crashkernel' parameter is not properly working Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Trying to use crashdump especially in a KVM machine. Installation looks fine and the reboot is triggered. But it does not work because the kernel does not have a 'crashkernel=' parameter. Nothing in /proc/cmdline: $ cat /proc/cmdline root=LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs Issue seems to be in adding the crashkernel line in this snippet: # Customize crashkernel= value according to architecture ARCH="$(arch)" DEF_PRESET="384M-:128M" case "$ARCH" in s390x) HAS_CRASHKERNEL="$(grep crashkernel /etc/zipl.conf)" || true if test -z "$HAS_CRASHKERNEL"; then sed -i "/parameters/{s|\"$| crashkernel=${DEF_PRESET}\"|}" /etc/zipl.conf zipl fi CIO_IGNORE="$(cio_ignore -u -k)" sed -i "s/\#KDUMP_CMDLINE_APPEND/KDUMP_CMDLINE_APPEND/" $INITCONFFILE sed -i "/KDUMP_CMDLINE_APPEND/{s|\"$| ${CIO_IGNORE}\"|}" $INITCONFFILE ;; esac (especially 1st sed stmt) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedumpfile/+bug/1790788/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
