initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.3 has resulted in a serious regression for instances running in AWS when the ip=dhcp boot option set. 0.122ubuntu8.2 (and previous versions) do not exhibit the problem.
I'll create a new issue for tracking, but wanted to add a comment here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1628306 Title: network booting fails for iscsi root if no ip is set Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in initramfs-tools source package in Xenial: Fix Released Status in initramfs-tools source package in Yakkety: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] Remote-root installs (eg. / over iscsi and similar) where the configuration is simple, and no extra parameters are included on the kernel command-line (as opposed to MaaS specifying everything). [Test case] 1) do an installation with /boot on a local disk and / and swap over a remote LUN (iSCSI is simple to do). 2) Update to initramfs-tools with isc-dhcp support. [Regression potential] This is in itself a fix for a regression found in initramfs-tools (0.125ubuntu4 on yakkety, or 0.122ubuntu8.2 on xenial). Failure to boot on a remote root filesystem would constitue a regression. -- I did a new install with /boot on /dev/sda, and everything else (/ and swap) on an iSCSI LUN. Booting this with initramfs-tools using ipconfig works without issues. Booting this with initramfs-tools (0.125ubuntu4 on yakkety, or 0.122ubuntu8.2 on xenial) fails because no interface is specified. This appears to be because ipconfig interprets "" as meaning to try every interface until one works (or all fail), whereas calling dhclient without an interface name simply returns a failure. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1628306/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
