Package: open-iscsi Version: 2.0.874-7.1 Severity: wishlist (I am not sure if this is the correct package to report this to, or if there is a separate package for the debian-installer component. Please reassign as appropriate.)
In the Debian installer, while editing partitions, one has a chance to connect to iSCSI targets. However, nowhere does the installer ask for the iSCSI initiator name during this process. Some targets require a specific initiator name to be used (to avoid initiators discovering devices that aren't relevant to them) and currently, using those targets during installation requires switching to a secondary VT and manually editing files. It would be helpful for the installer to ask if a specific initiator name is required, and then configure both the installer environment and the target system to have that name. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers If you correspond with me on a regular basis, please read this document: http://www.chrishowie.com/email-preferences/ PGP fingerprint: 2B7A B280 8B12 21CC 260A DF65 6FCE 505A CF83 38F5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER This document should be read only by those persons to whom it is addressed. If you have received this message it was obviously addressed to you and therefore you can read it. Additionally, by sending an email to ANY of my addresses or to ANY mailing lists to which I am subscribed, whether intentionally or accidentally, you are agreeing that I am "the intended recipient," and that I may do whatever I wish with the contents of any message received from you, unless a pre-existing agreement prohibits me from so doing. This overrides any disclaimer or statement of confidentiality that may be included on your message.
