Bug#600235: installer forgot boot partition, after the step "configure encrypted volumes"

[Denis Laxalde <dlaxalde@gmail.com>]

reassign 600235 partman-crypto
retitle 600235 previously defined mount points are discarded after encrypted volumes configuration
tags 600235 d-i
thanks

On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:09:24 +0200, Matthias Köhne wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
> 
> Boot method: CD
> Image version: debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
> (daily build: Thu Oct 14 15:15:49 UTC 2010)
> Date: 2010-10-14
> 
> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
> 
> Initial boot:           [x]
> Detect network card:    [x]
> Configure network:      [x]
> Detect CD:              [x]
> Load installer modules: [x]
> Detect hard drives:     [x]
> Partition hard drives:  [E]
> Install base system:    [ ]
> Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
> User/password setup:    [ ]
> Install tasks:          [ ]
> Install boot loader:    [ ]
> Overall install:        [ ]
> 
> Comments/Problems:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I got a test enviroment with 2 harddisk drives. I want install Debian
> with RAID, dm-crypt and LVM. I used for the test a virtual machine
> (VirtualBox).
> 
> 
> HDD /dev/sda
> /dev/sda1 - physical volume for RAID
> /dev/sda2 - physical volume for RAID
> 
> HDD /dev/sdb
> /dev/sdb1 - physical volume for RAID
> /dev/sdb2 - physical volume for RAID
> 
> 
> 
> Here are my steps:
> 
> Configure software RAID
> 
> Create MD device: RAID1
> - /dev/sda1
> - /dev/sdb1
> 
> Create MD device: RAID1
> - /dev/sda2
> - /dev/sdb2
> 
> RAID1 device #0 (md0)
> - Use as: Ext3
> - Mount point: /boot
> 
> RAID1 device #1 (md1)
> - Use as: physical volume for encryption
> 
> Configure encrypted volumes
> 
> 
> After this step, the "RAID1 device #0" (md0) is no longer the /boot
> partition. This means the installation will fail.

I can confirm this (at least from a KVM installation). However, I would
not say that the installation will necessarily fail as you still have
the opportunity to (re)define the mount point of md0 after encrypted
volumes have been configured. 
Also, the correct procedure might be to configure all devices (raid,
crypto, etc.) *before* defining mount points. Yet, previously defined
mount points should probably not be discarded by partman.

Thanks for your report.