When using the Debian 11 netinst.iso or mini.iso installer, iSCSI does
not work.

Boot the installer and go through the dialogs (continue with no disk
assuming a diskless client) until the "Partition disks" task.

Select "Configure iSCSI volumes" -> "Log into iSCSI targets" -> Enter
portal information

Error pops up "No iSCSI targets discovered" regardless of settings used.
The network is working correctly and the iSCSI targets are available.
This works without issue in the Debian 10 installer.

Dropping to the command line reveals iscsiadm can not start iscsid.
Manually running iscsid results in:
iscsid: error while loading shared libraries: libsystemd.so.0: cannot
open shared object file: No such file or directory

I'm not sure if this belongs in the cdrom bug list or if it affects all
d-i.

Hi,

Reports against d-i.debian.org are usually about our infrastructure and
tooling, you could have filed the report against debian-installer
instead, which makes for a better default package. :)

2lv63szd@duck.com <2lv63szd@duck.com> (2022-03-17):

That's not an issue about installation images (which would be for
debian-cd), but about a component that's linked against a library that's
not available in the installer's context.

Hence the reassigning above. I might look into it shortly, but I need to
get (old)stable point release preps squared away first.

Would you be happy to test a tweaked mini.iso that I'd build for you to
test?


Cheers,

For what it's worth, the Debian 10 installer DOES start iscsid as soon
as you enter the configure iSCSI volumes area during install (tested
with Buster mini.iso. That's the one that works. That's why I was trying
it on Debian 11.

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo

Is this still a problem in the Debian 13 installer?

Best,
Chris