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 protected]>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 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > 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? ;-) > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/546964/+subscribe > -- 10.04 beta1 iSCSI-on-root fails on boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546964 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
