[Bug 2101831] Re: 25.04 installation does not come up after post-install reboot on s390x

[Frank Heimes]

I retried today with the ISO from yesterday (March 12th),
and I was still not able to complete the post install reboot.

A grep in the installer logs indicate the same/similar issue than
before, maybe the fixes haven't reached the ISO yet (or not yet
completely)?!

log/installer/curtin-install.log-W: kdump-tools: Executing in a chroot, skipping initramfs generation.
log/installer/curtin-install.log-/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-zipl:
log/installer/curtin-install.log:Not invoking zipl: initrd doesn't exist yet
log/installer/curtin-install.log-debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
log/installer/curtin-install.log-debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.)
--
log/installer/curtin-install.log-kdump-tools: Removing kdump tracking files for kernel version: 6.12.0-16-generic
log/installer/curtin-install.log-/etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-zipl:
log/installer/curtin-install.log:Not invoking zipl: initrd doesn't exist yet
log/installer/curtin-install.log-(Reading database ... 91536 files and directories currently installed.)
log/installer/curtin-install.log-Purging configuration files for linux-image-6.12.0-16-generic (6.12.0-16.16) ...
--
log/installer/curtin-install.log-Running command ['unshare', '--fork', '--pid', '--mount-proc=/target/proc', '--', 'chroot', '/target', 'update-initramfs', '-c', '-k', '6.14.0-7-generic'] with allowed return codes [0] (capture=False)
log/installer/curtin-install.log-update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.14.0-7-generic
log/installer/curtin-install.log:Not invoking zipl: initrd doesn't exist yet
log/installer/curtin-install.log-Running command ['udevadm', 'settle'] with allowed return codes [0] (capture=False)
log/installer/curtin-install.log-TIMED subp(['udevadm', 'settle']): 0.004

I'm attaching the /var/log folder that I backed up before I hit reboot.

** Attachment added: "13032025_1.tgz"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-z-systems/+bug/2101831/+attachment/5864389/+files/13032025_1.tgz

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Title:
  25.04 installation does not come up after post-install reboot on s390x

Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems:
  New
Status in subiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  While using the plucky daily image from March 9th and performing a test installation, I've noticed that the installation does not come up after the post-install reboot was triggered ('Reboot' button).
  The system goes down, but is then not able to come up again.
  In z/VM I get the message:
  "HCPVMI232E IPL UNIT ERROR; IRB 00404017 00000010 00200000 00800000"
  points to an issue during IPL (boot).

  There are some lines in the curtin-install.log that make me wonder if the zipl boot loader was not written:
  "
  installer/curtin-install.log-Running command ['unshare', '--fork', '--pid', '--mount-proc=/target/proc', '--', 'chroot', '/target', 'update-initramfs', '-c', '-k', '6.12.0-16-generic'] with allowed return codes [0] (capture=False)
  installer/curtin-install.log-update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.12.0-16-generic
  installer/curtin-install.log:Not invoking zipl: initrd doesn't exist yet
  installer/curtin-install.log-Running command ['udevadm', 'settle'] with allowed return codes [0] (capture=False)
  "

  Below I've attached the entire logs ...

  (Btw. the error msg is similar to LP1723541, but this seems to be
  unrelated, but will do some more tests.)

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