Jan, Thanks for the reply.
You should be able to recreate the issue by: -) Logging off the Linux virtual machine -) Logging on to MAINT (or similar privileged ID) and: o) DETACH the volume(s) with the minidisk(s) from SYSTEM o) ATTACHing it to yourself o) CPFMTXA FORMAT the volume(s) o) DETACH from yourself and ATTACH back to system -) Logging back on to the Linux virtual machine -) Running the RHEL 7 install This is briefly described in section 8.1.2, page 155, steps 4 and 5, of "The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM z/VM 6.3, RHEL 6.4, and SLES 11 SP3" on the Web at http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248147.html -Mike M On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Jan Stodola <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Michael, > this sounds like a bug. Unfortunately, I'm not able to reproduce the > issue you described, the installation program correctly detects an > unformatted DASD on my system. lsdasd output is same as yours: > > [anaconda root@rtt5 ~]# lsdasd > Bus-ID Status Name Device Type BlkSz Size Blocks > ============================================================ > ================== > 0.0.3025 n/f dasda 94:0 ECKD > [anaconda root@rtt5 ~]# > > Could you please report it to bugzilla.redhat.com, attach log files > created in /tmp/ directory during the installation and describe as many > details about your system as possible? > > Thank you, > Jan > > > On 09/17/2014 03:24 PM, Michael MacIsaac wrote: > >> Hello list, >> >> I got RHEL 7 installed. >> >> I believe this was discussed last month, but please allow me to clarify. >> In >> section 15.11.1.1, the RHEL 7 installation instructions for System z (that >> Felipe pointed us to) state: >> >> Any DASDs used for installation must be formatted on a low level. When you >> select DASDs in the Installation Destination screen and click Done, the >> installation program detects any unformatted disks and the following >> dialog >> appears: >> >> I get to the "Installation Destination" screen and see: >> >> DASD device 0.0.0100 >> dasda / 0 B free >> >> I select the device and click "Done" but do not get the "following dialog" >> shown in the online instructions. So I can't create any partitions. I >> start >> another SSH session as root and dasdfmt my one minidisk: >> >> # *lsdasd* >> Bus-ID Status Name Device Type BlkSz Size Blocks >> ============================================================ >> ================== >> 0.0.0100 n/f dasda 94:0 ECKD >> # *dasdfmt -b 4096 -y -f /dev/dasda* >> Finished formatting the device. >> Rereading the partition table... ok >> >> It would seem this is the same behavior (coughBUGcough:)) as the RHEL 6 >> installer (sigh ...). I guess the good news is that you can then go back >> to the installer after the dasdfmt and it finds the free disk space. >> >> Also it seems there are not thousands of messages sent to the console so >> you don't need to set CP TERM MORE 0 0 - and I see "BTRFS" and "LVM thin >> provisioning" as options - will need to try these out - so there are some >> definite positives. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> -Mike M >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or >> visit >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For more information on Linux on System z, visit >> http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ >> > > > -- > Jan Stodola > Quality Assurance Engineer > > Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic > Email: [email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
