Installation of RHEL 6 on System z fails with DiskLabelCommitError: Could not commit to disk /dev/dasd{X}
Issue
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In RHEL 6 for System z, there is a known issue installing to DASD disk devices which have previously been formatted for use in other non-Linux operating systems, or otherwise have never been formatted for Linux use. When attempting to install to this disk, you may receive the error:
DiskLabelCommitError: Could not commit to disk /dev/dasd{X}
Environment
- RHEL 6 for System z
- anaconda-13.21.176
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