Bug#394681: installation-report: Some installation problems

[Max Vozeler <max@nusquama.org>]

On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 05:17:11PM +0200, Milan Zamazal wrote:
> - I tried to use encrypted block device (dm-crypt with default
> settings).  The partioning tool looked like I could create multiple
> partitions inside a single dm-crypt area, but actually any attempts to
> create both a root partition and swap there resulted in refusing to
> create the swap partition. 

This is expected, or could be a bug, depending on whether I
understood your description correctly. :-)

partman creates what looks like a single partition inside the
encrypted device. This is really a "virtual" partition though,
because it is not possible to create partitions on a dm-crypt or
loop-AES encrypted device (it can be done with LVM). 

If one deletes that partition and creates a smaller one in it's
place, partman should show the remaining space as "unusable" like 
in this screenshot: http://nusquama.org/~max/scratch/unusable.png
Does this match what you saw? If not, could you describe in more
detail what the screen looked like? Thanks.

cheers,
Max