iSCSI support (modules and configuration) missing from initramfs

[Roger Mach]

After installing to an iSCSI disk, the initramfs image used at first boot into the newly installed system does not load any iSCSI kernel modules and there is no iSCSI configuration in /etc/iscsi, which causes the boot to fail.

[malaiwah (michel-belleau)]

On jaunty, I had success with these steps, done BEFORE rebooting into my new installation. The key is creating the file "/etc/iscsi/iscsi.initramfs" and rebuilding the init ram disk.

Here are my notes:

BEFORE REBOOT, ON TARGET [chroot /target /bin/bash]
apt-get update
apt-get install open-iscsi
remove dhcp from /etc/network/interfaces for eth0 (already configured via initramfs)
verify all /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf parameters
edit /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/iscsi: iscsistart is really in /sbin (copy_exec)
add "sleep 2" to iscsi script (/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/iscsi) just before "configure_networking" for my via-rhine card
nano /etc/iscsi/iscsi.initramfs: (ISCSI_TARGET_NAME=iqn.blahblah, ISCSI_TARGET_IP=192.168.15.x)
apt-get dist-upgrade
dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.28-11-server (if kernel not upgraded in dist-upgrade)

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

/etc/iscsi/iscsi.initramfs is now automatically created by the installer in Karmic if necessary. See bug 237460 for more details.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

(I think the changes I made cover all of malaiwah's notes, too.)