Bug#407905: installation-report: boot fails with encrypted root over raid

[David Härdeman <david@hardeman.nu>]

reassign 407905 partman-md
forcemerge 407905 393728
thanks

On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 10:43:00AM +0100, Robert Lemmen wrote:
> Package: installation-report
> Severity: normal
>
> i installed a computer yesterday, using the weekly images from the 15.
> january. i didn't use the graphical installer. one of the points of this
> installation was to try encrypted root over raid, which almost worked
> out od the box, which is really sweet. the finished system doesn't boot,
> since a file /conf/conf.d/cryptroot is missing in the initramfs, it should 
> contain the information about the crypted partition (source= and target=
> lines are needed, the rest is ok in my case). i did work my way around
> this using the cryptopts karnel parameter.
>
> if you have any questions about the setup, just mail.

This is an already known bug with partman-md, and unfortunately one that 
requires changes of a magnitude which make them unsuitable to add before 
the upcoming d-i Etch release (see bugs #393728, #397872, #398464).

> oh, and i noticed that the wiki says encrypted swap is currently not
> working because it can't generate the entropy. this seemed to work for
> me.

That only applies for installations using the graphical installer.

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David Härdeman