Bug#628586: I found the problem

I finally found the problem : The system was installed using debootstrap, but the system I used for installing was using a 2.6.35 kernel. So maybe open-iscsi or update-initramfs were configured for the wrong kernel.

Bug#628586: More information

Here is the step for reproducing the bug : - Create an iSCSI target (I tried OpenFiler and Open-E DSS) - Attach and mount the target - Uses a debootstrap squeeze on the target - Install kernel, header, open-iscsi and grub - Add "ISCSI_AUTO=true" to /etc/iscsi/iscsi.initramfs - Update initramfs - T

Bug#628586: open-iscsi: iSCSI root failed at boot (iscsistart -b doesn't work)

Package: open-iscsi Version: 2.0.871.3-2squeeze1 Severity: normal Tags: squeeze iSCSI root booting failed when iscsistart -b in the iscsi boot script is invoked. It says : iscsistart : transport class version 2.0-870. iscsid version 2.0-871 iscsistart : Loggin into iqn.XXX.XXX:.target 192.16