LibreELEC not boot from remote ISCSI (Error in mount_flash: iscsistart: Unable to connect to ISCSI target)

dipol0 · February 6, 2021 at 1:01 PM

Use - LibreELEC 9.2.6 for X86_64

I want boot diskless LibreELEC station from remote iscsi-target. I follow this instruction but loading fails with message: "Error in mount_flash: iscsistart: Unable to connect to ISCSI target"). How i can check my config? and etc... ?

My be problem in quotes boot=ISCSI in extlinux.conf ???

My extlinux.config:

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DEFAULT linux
PROMPT 0


LABEL linux
KERNEL /KERNEL
APPEND ip=192.168.0.195 boot=ISCSI='''iscsi_initiator=iqn.client,iscsi_target_name=iqn.2021-01.domain.ru:libreelec,iscsi_target_ip=192.168.0.2,iscai_target_port=3260''',LABEL=System disk=LABEL=Storage quiet

I try only single quotes,

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boot=ISCSI='iscsi_initiator=iqn.client,iscsi_target_name=iqn.2021-01.domain.ru:libreelec,iscsi_target_ip=192.168.0.2,iscai_target_port=3260'

but not heve effect.

iscaiadm discovering and connetting to taget normally:

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root@domain:/mnt/disk# iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p 192.168.0.2
192.168.0.2:3260,1 iqn.2021-01.domain.ru:libreelec

root@domain:/mnt/disk# sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2021-01.domain.ru:libreelec -p 192.168.0.2:3260 -l
Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.2021-01.domain.ru:libreelec, portal: 192.168.0.2,3260] (multiple)
Login to [iface: default, target: iqn.2021-01.domain.ru:libreelec, portal: 192.168.0.2,3260] successful.

This method work fine (boot over NFS), but i have reason use remote block device over ISCSI/

**mglae** · February 6, 2021 at 4:19 PM

Remove all quotes.

dipol0 · February 6, 2021 at 4:36 PM

Quote from mglae

Remove all quotes.

i try without qoutes - no result

**mglae** · February 7, 2021 at 1:00 PM

There are only a few tools available in initramfs i.e dmesg to look for errors or ping to check network configuration.

Most likely the iscsi parameters are not correct.

**CvH** · February 9, 2021 at 10:52 AM Official Post

pls be aware that iSCSI is likely dropped after LE10, better use the more modern setup with NFS instead of iSCSI

dipol0 · November 16, 2022 at 10:55 AM

Quote from CvH

pls be aware that iSCSI is likely dropped after LE10, better use the more modern setup with NFS instead of iSCSI

Iam back aftr long time )) Yep. This manual useful.I use network boot LE92 on my old nettop with Atom D520+integrated Nvidia ION2. If i rememner this last relese with drivers suport my old video card. Now all work good. But HVEC is slow ))) HW limits. But all other. Thanks for all.

**chewitt** · November 16, 2022 at 2:32 PM

ION2 has no support for hardware HEVC so it will be software-decoded on the (slow) Atom CPU.

dipol0 · December 4, 2022 at 2:50 PM

Quote from chewitt

ION2 has no support for hardware HEVC so it will be software-decoded on the (slow) Atom CPU.

Tnx. I know it ))

PS If use NFS for remote boot (libreelec wiki manual) work, but... medialibrary update dont work...i think it somewhere in overlayfs or file/folder permissions... but dont understand whats wrong