Comment 5 for bug 1582728

<adding response in behalf of Andy Hartman (andy-hartman)>

Hi Frank,

I used ickdsf cpvol format under Zvm (which is what cpfmtxa calls) to
format the dasd as perm space (entire volume) before I used it in my
Ubuntu guest. This volume is a mod 9.

>From Maint630:

Ickdsf
Console
Console
Cpvol format unit(d700) verify(ahd700) volid(ahd700)

Once Ubuntu is fully installed and you log back in, dasdfmt works fine, it's just during the installation process.

I've also bypassed the issue by doing a cms format on the minidisk before I installed Ubuntu on the disk, this causes Ubuntu to think the disk is already lowlevel formatted and proceeds with the install with no issues. (Still can't do a dasdfmt , but it uses the dasd for the install)

>From Maint630:

Link ahubovpn 200 999 mw
Format 999 k (blksize 4096

The problem with this is, if I don't have z/VM in the environment and
I'm using ECKD dasd then I have no way of low level formatting it before
I install Ubuntu.

The minidisk statement I used for this guest is listed below:

  MDISK 0200 3390 0001 END AHD700 MR RAH WAH MAH

I can recreate this issue at any time, so if you need the output from
the ickdsf run or any additional output please let me know.

I'm using the distro I downloaded from this link -
http://partners.ubuntu.com/ibm , it's dated April 20 2016.

Thanks,

Andy Hartman

Senior Consultant
Mainline Information Systems