Hello Gert Before proceeding further, would you mind trying a few other cmdline variations?
1) extra = 'rd.shell rdnetdebug ip=192.168.4.73:::255.255.255.0::eth0:none root=/dev/sda1 netroot=iscsi:192.168.4.234::::<target-iqn>' ==> This should make sure, that the ip line only gets applied to eth0. And since only one ip line is there anyway bootdev shouldn't be needed 2) extra = 'rd.shell rdnetdebug ifname=eth0:00:16:3e:9e:70:71 ip=192.168.4.73:::255.255.255.0::eth0:none root=/dev/sda1 netroot=iscsi:192.168.4.234::::<target-iqn>' ==> If the interface naming somehow gets mixed up ifname should ensure that eth0 actually is the specified device Thank you Philippe On 03/21/2011 10:21 AM, Gert Huisman wrote: > 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. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
