Control: reassign -1 debian-installer On Wed, 2019-10-23 at 13:47 -0400, Christopher David Howie wrote: > (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.) >
I believe all bugs for the installer go to the debian-installer package. > 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. > Interesting. I recollect discoveries were done explicitly by the initiator. Thus, you mention the target that you want to negotiate to. But that was years ago. I haven't been on top of the iSCSI stuff lately. > 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. I agree it could be a nice feature to have. -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs Debian - The Universal Operating System
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