Architectures/s390x/18

Release Notes

• the VNC server is started automatically with the vnc option in the parameters file, so you don;t need to use SSH connection first, just wait a bit and start your VNC client
• the option for installing with X forwarded over SSH was removed

Developer information

Global info

Image composes are run on F-18 with

• pungi-2.11-3.fc18.dh.1
• lorax-18.14-1.fc18
• lorax-18.17-1.fc18 (>= 20120903)
• lorax-18.19-1.fc18 (>= 20120916)

The test composes are available from [1]

issues found in F-18 Alpha 20120823

using anaconda-18.6.1-1.fc18

Installation status: FAIL

• network not set up, install.img can't be downloaded

issues found in F-18 Alpha 20120903

using anaconda-18.6.5-1.fc18

Installation status: unknown

• none yet

issues found in F-18 Alpha 20120917

using anaconda-18.11-1.fc18

sample parameters file

ro ramdisk_size=40000 cio_ignore=all,!0.0.0009 vnc
rd.dasd=0.0.0200 rd.dasd=0.0.0201 rd.dasd=0.0.0202 rd.dasd=0.0.0203
ip=192.168.100.100::192.168.100.1:24:fedora.example.com:eth0:none
rd.znet=qeth,0.0.0800,0.0.0801,0.0.0802,layer2=0,portname=FOOBAR,portno=0
root=live:http://s390.koji.fedoraproject.org/tree/test/20120917/s390x/os/images/install.img
repo=http://s390.koji.fedoraproject.org/tree/test/20120917/s390x/os
nameserver=10.20.30.40

Installation status: OK

• bug 857940 - AttributeError: 'ZIPL' object has no attribute 'storage' - we have a fix that works, waiting for upstream acceptance, the network configuration and root login issues depend on successful run of anaconda
• bug 860244 - wrong reIPL device is set

Boot status: OK

issues found in F-18 pre-Beta 20121010

using anaconda-18.17-1.fc18 and lorax-18.21

Installation status: FAIL

Boot status: N/A

general anaconda/lorax/pungi/... issues

• pungi