[Bug 1537942] [NEW] zipl-installer fails on z/KVM installation

[Tim Kuhlman]

Public bug reported:

When attempting an install of a z/KVM vm using the latest kernel/initrd
from http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/xenial/main/installer-
s390x/current/images/generic/ the zipl installer fails. If I drop to a
shell and look at syslog the error I get is

Jan 25 11:47:27 zipl-installer: Error: Failed to read DASD label, please
specify type manually: Virtblk device type not clearly determined.

The install was nearly as basic as you can get other than setting the
apt archive to ports.ubuntu.com everything was done via the defaults.

The syslog reveals it is using this version of zipl-installer:

Jan 25 11:35:02 anna[1355]: DEBUG: retrieving zipl-installer 0.0.30ubuntu1
Jan 25 11:35:02 anna[1355]: 2016-01-25 11:35:02 URL:http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports//pool/main/z/zipl-installer/zipl-installer_0.0.30ubuntu1_s390x.udeb [4676/4676] -> "/var/cache/anna/zipl-installer_0.0.30ubuntu1_s390x.udeb" [1]

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: debian-installer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-7.18-generic 4.3.3
Uname: Linux 4.3.0-7-generic s390x
NonfreeKernelModules: ntfs
ApportVersion: 2.19.3-0ubuntu3
Architecture: s390x
Date: Mon Jan 25 13:16:45 2016
DiskUsage:
 Filesystem     1K-blocks   Used Available Use% Mounted on
 /dev/vda1        6003912 872372   4803508  16% /
 devtmpfs          505660      0    505660   0% /dev
Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1:
MemoryUsage:
 total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
 Mem:        1017668       60236      151356       72128      806076      859964
 Swap:        963644         424      963220
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 TERM=vt102
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/sh
ProcKernelCmdLine: ro locale=C
SourcePackage: debian-installer
UdevDb:
 
UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug s390x xenial

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Title:
   zipl-installer fails on z/KVM installation

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When attempting an install of a z/KVM vm using the latest
  kernel/initrd from http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-
  ports/dists/xenial/main/installer-s390x/current/images/generic/ the
  zipl installer fails. If I drop to a shell and look at syslog the
  error I get is

  Jan 25 11:47:27 zipl-installer: Error: Failed to read DASD label,
  please specify type manually: Virtblk device type not clearly
  determined.

  The install was nearly as basic as you can get other than setting the
  apt archive to ports.ubuntu.com everything was done via the defaults.

  The syslog reveals it is using this version of zipl-installer:

  Jan 25 11:35:02 anna[1355]: DEBUG: retrieving zipl-installer 0.0.30ubuntu1
  Jan 25 11:35:02 anna[1355]: 2016-01-25 11:35:02 URL:http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports//pool/main/z/zipl-installer/zipl-installer_0.0.30ubuntu1_s390x.udeb [4676/4676] -> "/var/cache/anna/zipl-installer_0.0.30ubuntu1_s390x.udeb" [1]

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: debian-installer (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-7.18-generic 4.3.3
  Uname: Linux 4.3.0-7-generic s390x
  NonfreeKernelModules: ntfs
  ApportVersion: 2.19.3-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: s390x
  Date: Mon Jan 25 13:16:45 2016
  DiskUsage:
   Filesystem     1K-blocks   Used Available Use% Mounted on
   /dev/vda1        6003912 872372   4803508  16% /
   devtmpfs          505660      0    505660   0% /dev
  Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1:
  MemoryUsage:
   total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
   Mem:        1017668       60236      151356       72128      806076      859964
   Swap:        963644         424      963220
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   TERM=vt102
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=C
   SHELL=/bin/sh
  ProcKernelCmdLine: ro locale=C
  SourcePackage: debian-installer
  UdevDb:
   
  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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