Hi Clark,
could it be that the ECKD DASDs contain some existing broken Linux Disk
Layout leading to the I/O errors? If so, I'd recommend performing a new
manual low-level format of those disks. Since anaconda does not support
this, you could do so manually from within any Linux on System z
instance having access to the affected DASDs using the dasdfmt tool
(preferably specifying Compatible Disk Layout), even using the root
shell within the rescue mode of the Fedora installer image
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Install...
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Install...
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Install....
Dasdfmt is documented in the device drivers book
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/documentation_red_hat.ht...
http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/linux390/docu/l26fdd00.pdf
As already suggested you could also perform the low-level format with
z/VM tools.
14:09:21,666 INFO kernel:[ 57.700782] dasd-eckd 0.0.0100: DASD with
4 KB/block, 2403360 KB total size, 48 KB/track, linux disk layout
14:09:21,666 INFO kernel:[ 57.700799] dasdb:(nonl) dasdb1
14:09:21,666 ERR kernel:[ 57.704426] dasd-eckd 0.0.0100: The specified record was not
found
14:09:21,666 ERR kernel:[ 57.704463] dasd(eckd): I/O status report for device
0.0.0100:
14:09:21,666 ERR kernel:[ 57.704466] <3>dasd(eckd): in req:
00000000024c9eb0 CS: 0x40 DS: 0x0E CC: 0x00 RC: 0
14:09:21,666 ERR kernel:[ 57.704470] <3>dasd(eckd): device 0.0.0100:
Failing CCW: 00000000024c9fb8
14:09:21,666 ERR kernel:[ 57.704474] <3>dasd(eckd): Sense(hex) 0- 7: 00
08 00 00 0a 09 dd 00
14:09:21,666 ERR kernel:[ 57.704477] <3>dasd(eckd): Sense(hex) 8-15: 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 04
14:09:21,666 ERR kernel:[ 57.704480] <3>dasd(eckd): Sense(hex) 16-23: e5
04 0e 07 00 01 0f 00
14:09:21,666 ERR kernel:[ 57.704484] <3>dasd(eckd): Sense(hex) 24-31: 00
00 40 e0 00 0d 09 0d
14:09:21,666 ERR kernel:[ 57.704487] <3>dasd(eckd): 24 Byte: 0 MSG 0, no
MSGb to SYSOP
14:09:21,666 ERR kernel:[ 57.704581] dasd(eckd): Related CP in req: 00000000024c9eb0
14:09:21,666 ERR kernel:[ 57.704584] <3>dasd(eckd): CCW 00000000024c9fa8:
E7400040 024C9FB8 DAT: 01800a00 00000000 00000000 40c00000 00000000 0d09000d 0d09000d
00000000
14:09:21,666 ERR kernel:[ 57.704590] <3>dasd(eckd): CCW 00000000024c9fb0:
A6041000 024C9FF8 DAT: 00000000 00000400 00000000 00000400 00000000 00000400 00000000
00000400
14:09:21,666 ERR kernel:[ 57.704648] end_request: I/O error, dev dasdb, sector 4806528
14:09:21,666 ERR kernel:[ 57.704712] Buffer I/O error on device dasdb, logical block
600816
FYI and not related to the I/O errors: according to the z/VM "CP
Commands and Utilities Reference" and your device number query (which
corresponds to the output format of CP QUERY VIRTUAL DASD), you seem to
have in-memory VDISKs which are FBA (9336) on devno 0300 and 0301.
AFAIK, anaconda does not handle FBA DASDs, see also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=601855 and
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707026.
On 07/01/2011 09:08 PM, Clark Cooper wrote:
Thanks for the quick response. Do you have any suggestions on what I
should be checking about the hardware? Clearly the installation sees
the disks. What about them should I verify? Attached is how they are
listing within z/VM:
Thanks,
Clark
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Subject: Re: Fedora 14 installation unable to format
On 07/01/2011 10:41 AM, Clark Cooper wrote:
> 14:11:53,877 ERR kernel:[ 209.913876] dasd(eckd): I/O status report for device
0.0.0100:
> 14:11:53,877 ERR kernel:[ 209.913880]<3>dasd(eckd): in req:
00000000024c9eb0 CS: 0x40 DS: 0x0E CC: 0x00 RC: 0
> 14:11:53,877 ERR kernel:[ 209.913883]<3>dasd(eckd): device 0.0.0100:
Failing CCW: 00000000024c9fb8
> 14:11:53,877 ERR kernel:[ 209.913887]<3>dasd(eckd): Sense(hex) 0- 7:
00 08 00 00 0a c7 23 00
> 14:11:53,877 ERR kernel:[ 209.913890]<3>dasd(eckd): Sense(hex) 8-15:
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04
> 14:11:53,877 ERR kernel:[ 209.913893]<3>dasd(eckd): Sense(hex) 16-23:
e5 04 0e 07 00 01 0f 00
> 14:11:53,877 ERR kernel:[ 209.913896]<3>dasd(eckd): Sense(hex) 24-31:
00 00 40 e0 00 02 c7 03
> 14:11:53,877 ERR kernel:[ 209.913900]<3>dasd(eckd): 24 Byte: 0 MSG 0,
no MSGb to SYSOP
> 14:11:53,877 ERR kernel:[ 209.914040] dasd(eckd): Related CP in req:
00000000024c9eb0
> 14:11:53,877 ERR kernel:[ 209.914043]<3>dasd(eckd): CCW
00000000024c9fa8: E7400040 024C9FB8 DAT: 01800a00 00000000 00000000 40c00000 00000000
02c70003 02c70003 00000000
> 14:11:53,877 ERR kernel:[ 209.914049]<3>dasd(eckd): CCW
00000000024c9fb0: A6041000 024C9FF8 DAT: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 00000000 00000000
> 14:11:53,877 ERR kernel:[ 209.914081] end_request: I/O error, dev dasdb, sector
1024216
> 14:11:53,877 ERR kernel:[ 209.914843] dasd-eckd 0.0.0100: The specified record was
not found
Looks like hardware issues to me. The kernel is not happy. This block
is recurring through your log file.
Steffen
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