Hello Colin, I hope i'm not getting on your nerves. But the window for fixing iSCSI-on-root bugs in time for 10.04 is closing rapidly. I hope you can at least address this bug in time: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-iscsi/+bug/546964
Another user called jkao has also confirmed this issue, and also provides a workaround. This may give a clue on a proper solution. I would feel very sad if 10.04 wouldn't have iSCSI support anymore; i would very much want at least the existing 9.10 functionality to keep working. I hope we can do this in time for the release. Hope hearing from you. Kind regards, Jason Edwards sub.m...@gmail.com On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Colin Watson <cjwat...@canonical.com> wrote: > I won't have time to look at this until after Easter (as I'm on > holiday), but I would like to sort at least some of these problems out. > Thanks for your feedback. > > However, in the meantime, could you please file each distinct problem as > a separate bug? I know it involves a little more typing and e-mail > responses, but it really makes things *much* easier for us to track. > > Note that there's already a separate bug about the iSCSI boot process, > filed on partman-iscsi. > > -- > 10.04 beta1 installer regressions when using iSCSI > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546944 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > I downloaded Ubuntu 10.04 beta1 server amd64 ISO and booted it. I then > tried to setup iSCSI with no local disks present, which worked on 9.10. But > on 10.04 beta1, a few installer quirks make any user errors punishing, as > you would have to reboot the CD everytime. Here's the problem: > > When coming to the "no local disks present" menu, i select "Logon to iSCSI > targets". > > - Recommended: ask for initiatorname; currently Ubuntu uses > "iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:<random>". Feature request since 9.10 didn't ask > for initiatorname as well. But it sure would make installing iSCSI alot > easier on the server side. (feature-request) > - iSCSI target server is asked; when left blank it would stall and give no > option except to reboot (bug1) > - ; if you entered the wrong target ip address, it would continue asking > next questions, but fail at "No iSCSI targets were discovered on > <ip>:<port>". The continue button however, appears to retry iSCSI discovery, > instead of returning me to the prompt to enter a different iSCSI target > ip-address. Preferably there should be two buttons "Retry" and "Go back" > with retry being the default option. (bug2) > - initiator username is asked; > - initiator password is asked; when left blank a popup "Please choose a > non-empty password" appears but the Continue button does not return you to > the edit prompt; it stalls (bug3) > - iSCSI target username is asked; > - iSCSI target password is asked; when left blank a popup "Please choose a > non-empty password" appears but the Continue button does not work (bug4) > - iSCSI-discovery is done; if no targets are found but authentication is > successful, it would retry in an infinite loop; or until you adjust the > server configuration. It's easy to get a thousand discovery attempts in a > minute. Here it should try maybe three times then give the user an error > message and giving the options to retry or go back to first iSCSI-question > again (the target ip address). (bug5) > > So basically, this bug is about the installer coming into a loop from which > is impossible to escape. The alt+Fx buttons work, and Ctrl+Alt+Del works > too. Since 9.10 there have been changes to the installer for iSCSI support; > it asks more questions. Probably the bug in some of the commits there; fix > shouldn't be too hard i figure. > > After all these issues have been coped with, and the user made no errors > whatsoever, installing on the iSCSI target works when you get to the phase > where you can select the discovered target disks. From there, it pretty much > works like 9.10 did. I have some additional issues with booting after the > installer finishes, that i will address in a different bug. > > It would be nice if iSCSI support in the installer would be a bit more > polished before hitting 10.04 final in april. I hope my feedback can help > with this. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/546944/+subscribe > -- 10.04 beta1 installer regressions when using iSCSI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs