openSUSE Recommended Update: open-iscsi: Booting with iSCSI root device fails ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2011:0748-1 Rating: low References: #656119 #683249 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed. Description: The following bug is fixed by this update: On restarting iscsid after mounting the root over iSCSI device, it tried to use CHAP authentication even when not auth was required. This was caused by treating "(null)", returned by sysfs for null strings, as a valid password. This terminated the iSCSI connection, thereby rendering the system unusable. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch open-iscsi-4855 - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch open-iscsi-4855 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): open-iscsi-2.0.870-37.38.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64): open-iscsi-2.0.870-33.3.1 References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/656119 https://bugzilla.novell.com/683249