Viktor Mihajlovski
2016-04-12 08:40:03 UTC
Hello,
there. As usual do attach /var/log/syslog from the d-i to help
debugging what's going wrong.
That is exactly the point, Debian Jessie's installer only accepts theI've been fighting with a Debian install all day and wonder if anyone else
has run into the same problem. I wanted to use LVM for the root filesystem,
so created a /boot partition and an LVM for the rest. Everything works fine
until it comes to the step where it tries to write out ZIPL. That step fails.
I tried all sorts of combinations, but the only that actually works is
creating 1 partition for / with no LVM at all. Something is not right.
The timestamp on the install files I'm using is April 2, so they are pretty
new. The level of Debian is jessie.
I recommend to try testing aka stretch. There were LVM fixes uploadedhas run into the same problem. I wanted to use LVM for the root filesystem,
so created a /boot partition and an LVM for the rest. Everything works fine
until it comes to the step where it tries to write out ZIPL. That step fails.
I tried all sorts of combinations, but the only that actually works is
creating 1 partition for / with no LVM at all. Something is not right.
The timestamp on the install files I'm using is April 2, so they are pretty
new. The level of Debian is jessie.
there. As usual do attach /var/log/syslog from the d-i to help
debugging what's going wrong.
root device on a DASD partition. With Stretch, root can be anywhere
including LVM volumes.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-s390/
Regards,
Dimitri.
[...]Regards,
Dimitri.
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind Regards
Viktor Mihajlovski
IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Martina Köderitz
Geschäftsführung: Dirk Wittkopp
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Böblingen
Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294