Great news!
Thanks Colin!

Will try out a nightly as soon as possible.

Kind regards,
Jason Edwards


On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Colin Watson <email address hidden>wrote:

> Whoops!  Thanks for the analysis - I'll get this fixed for final.
>
> ** Package changed: open-iscsi (Ubuntu) => initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
>   Importance: Undecided => High
>
> ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => In Progress
>
> ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
>     Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson (cjwatson)
>
> ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
>       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
>
> --
> 10.04 beta1 iSCSI-on-root fails on boot
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546964
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> Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: open-iscsi
>
> This is a follow-up of bug 546944; which focuses on issues with the
> installer. This bug focuses on boot problems after having used the installer
> cd to install to the iSCSI volume. After that, the vmlinuz and initrd.img on
> the iSCSI install are copied to the server and pxelinux works to boot the
> kernel and initrd image.
>
> However, during boot it came across a problem with detecting my network
> interface eth0:
>
> (..)
> Begin: Loading essential drivers...
> Done.
> Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount...
> Done.
> Begin: Mounting root file system...
> Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ...
> ipconfig: eth0: SIOCGIFINDEX: No such device
> ipconfig: no devices to configure
> /scripts/local-top/iscsi: .: line 421: can't open /tmp/net-eth0.conf
> [ 1.63xxxxx] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
> [ 1.63xxxxx] r8169 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
> [ 1.63xxxxx] eth0: RTL8168d/8111d a ..., <mac>, XID .. IRQ 27
> (..)
> Begin: Retrying network config
> ipconfig: /sys/class/net/eth0: SIOCGIFINDEX: No such device
> ipconfig: no devices to configure
> /scripts/local-top/iscsi: .: line 421: Can't open
> /tmp/net-/sys/class/net/eth0.conf
> (..)
>
> The sequence between the last two (..) is repeated in a loop, until it
> drops to Busybox. Please note the "/tmp/net-/" directory in the last error
> message.
>
> When checking the /sys/class/net/eth0/ directory within Busybox, i can see
> that it got a symlink "device" pointing to "../../../0000:01:00.0"; the same
> numeric code as in my log pasted above. Modprobe also appears to have the
> realtek modules. But ifconfig doesn't yield any output.
>
> Since i'm doing this iSCSI install on a new system, i'm not sure if this is
> a regression since 9.10. But the ethernet worked fine when installing over
> the network and fetching repositories from the internet during installation.
>
> It appears to me that the modules for my network interfaces are dynamically
> loaded, but perhaps not in time? Because, shortly after the first error
> messages encountered, it detects my eth0 interface. At least in the logs,
> since ifconfig doesn't detect it.
>
> So it appears the iscsi scripts have some issue that prevents them from
> connecting to my iSCSI server, as i can see no trace of that; perhaps a
> simple usleep() here and there would do wonders? ;-)
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