[Bug 1892441] Re: "No zIPL section in IPL2 record" error when emulating Debian 10.5.0 on s390x

[Ahmed Karaman]

** Description changed:

  Hi,
  
- I want to emulate Debian 10.5.0 for the s390x architecture. 
+ I want to emulate Debian 10.5.0 for the s390x architecture.
  The Debian image is downloaded from the following link:
- 
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/s390x/iso-cd/debian-10.5.0-s390x-netinst.iso
 
+ 
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/s390x/iso-cd/debian-10.5.0-s390x-netinst.iso
  
  Using the latest QEMU version 5.1.0, running the debian image using the given 
command:
  qemu-system-s390x -boot d -m 4096 -hda debian.qcow -cdrom 
debian-10.5.0-s390x-netinst.iso -nographic
  
  causes the error output below:
  
  LOADPARM=[        ]
  Using virtio-blk.
  Using guessed DASD geometry.
  Using ECKD scheme (block size  4096), CDL
  
  ! No zIPL section in IPL2 record. !
+ 
+ Using exactly the same qemu command above with the Alpine 3.12 image for
+ s390x ran successfully without any errors.

** Description changed:

  Hi,
  
- I want to emulate Debian 10.5.0 for the s390x architecture.
+ I want to emulate Debian 10.5.0 for the s390x architecture on an Ubuntu
+ x86_64 host.
+ 
  The Debian image is downloaded from the following link:
  
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/s390x/iso-cd/debian-10.5.0-s390x-netinst.iso
  
- Using the latest QEMU version 5.1.0, running the debian image using the given 
command:
+ Using the latest QEMU version 5.1.0, the Debian image is emulated using the 
given command:
  qemu-system-s390x -boot d -m 4096 -hda debian.qcow -cdrom 
debian-10.5.0-s390x-netinst.iso -nographic
  
- causes the error output below:
+ Running the command causes the output below:
  
- LOADPARM=[        ]
- Using virtio-blk.
- Using guessed DASD geometry.
- Using ECKD scheme (block size  4096), CDL
- 
- ! No zIPL section in IPL2 record. !
+     LOADPARM=[        ]
+     Using virtio-blk.
+     Using guessed DASD geometry.
+     Using ECKD scheme (block size  4096), CDL
+     
+     ! No zIPL section in IPL2 record. !
  
  Using exactly the same qemu command above with the Alpine 3.12 image for
  s390x ran successfully without any errors.

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Title:
  "No zIPL section in IPL2 record" error when emulating Debian 10.5.0 on
  s390x

Status in QEMU:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  I want to emulate Debian 10.5.0 for the s390x architecture on an
  Ubuntu x86_64 host.

  The Debian image is downloaded from the following link:
  
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/s390x/iso-cd/debian-10.5.0-s390x-netinst.iso

  Using the latest QEMU version 5.1.0, the Debian image is emulated using the 
given command:
  qemu-system-s390x -boot d -m 4096 -hda debian.qcow -cdrom 
debian-10.5.0-s390x-netinst.iso -nographic

  Running the command causes the output below:

      LOADPARM=[        ]
      Using virtio-blk.
      Using guessed DASD geometry.
      Using ECKD scheme (block size  4096), CDL
      
      ! No zIPL section in IPL2 record. !

  Using exactly the same qemu command above with the Alpine 3.12 image
  for s390x ran successfully without any errors.

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