Yes. For booting Debian images using QEMU (<= 5.0.0) I use this recipe: machine_args="-M s390-ccw-virtio -m 512" disk_args="-drive file=debian86.img,if=none,format=raw,id=hd0 -device virtio-blk-ccw,drive=hd0" net_args="" display_args="-display gtk -monitor stdio" common_args="$machine_args $disk_args $net_args $display_args"
Pull kernel and initrd from the ftp server: mkdir boot-for-install (cd boot-for-install wget ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-s390x/current/images/generic/kernel.debian wget ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-s390x/current/images/generic/initrd.debian) Then, for running the installer: qemu-system-s390x $common_args -kernel boot-for-install/kernel.debian -initrd boot-for-install/initrd.debian For booting from disk: qemu-system-s390x $common_args -kernel boot/vmlinuz -initrd boot/initrd.img -append "root=/dev/vda2" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1892441 Title: "No zIPL section in IPL2 record" error when emulating Debian 10.5.0 on s390x Status in QEMU: Invalid 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. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1892441/+subscriptions
