Installation of RHEL 6 on System z fails with DiskLabelCommitError: Could not commit to disk /dev/dasd{X}

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • 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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