Subject: dracut-network: isciboot sometimes seems to ignore bootdev=eth0
argument
Package: dracut-network
Version: 005-1
Severity: important
Tags: upstream
We use a dracut-network based initramfs to bootup paravirtualized domU
machines
using an iscsi root. This works fine most of the time, but sometimes the
startiscsi command is selecting the wrong network interface for getting the
iscsiroot and fails. Usualy a few more trials will bring up the machine
again, but this is not acceptable for a productions system.
We have a bootdev=eth0 in the kernel command line, which should make shure
that the iscsi boot is tried from eth0 (bond1). In out current setup it seems
to be more or less randomly selected.
We are happy to provide additional information if needed.
Gert Huisman
-- xen config file
kernel = '/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64'
ramdisk = '/etc/xen/iso/dracut-initrd-img-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64'
vif = [
'mac=00:16:3E:9E:70:71,bridge=bond1',
'mac=00:16:3E:9E:70:72,bridge=vlan22',
'mac=00:16:3E:9E:70:73,bridge=vlan97'
]
extra = 'rd.shell rdnetdebug ip=192.168.4.73:::255.255.255.0:::none
bootdev=eth0 root=/dev/sda1 netroot=iscsi:192.168.4.234::::<target-iqn>'
name = 'geoserver04'
on_poweroff = 'destroy'
on_reboot = 'restart'
on_crash = 'restart'
--
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages dracut-network depends on:
pn dracut <none> (no description available)
pn iputils-arping <none> (no description available)
ii isc-dhcp-client [dh 4.1.1-P1-15+squeeze1 ISC DHCP client
Versions of packages dracut-network recommends:
pn nbd-client <none> (no description available)
ii nfs-common 1:1.2.2-4 NFS support files common to client
pn open-iscsi <none> (no description available)
dracut-network suggests no packages.
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