Bug#382840: debian-installer: d-i etch beta3: not enough entropy for cryptsetup via serial console

[Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas@intevation.de>]

Package: debian-installer
Severity: minor

With debian-installer etch beta3 (full CD, x86) I wanted to setup two
encrypted swap partitions. To be able to copy&paste error message to bug
reports I used serial console in the beginning and then switched to network
ssh console.

For both partitions the system could only provide 28% of the needed entropy,
so it offered me to type something. But neither via ssh nor on a shell via
serial console nor sending massive pings to the host helped to generate new
entropy. Only attaching a keyboard again and typing to the otherwise dead
screen helped.