Bug#411319: Hang at "Creating device files"

[David Härdeman <david@hardeman.nu>]

reassign 411319 partman-crypto
thanks

On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 08:37:11AM +0100, Kjell Rune Skaaraas wrote:
> Created three partitions: /boot, a 2GB partition for
> swap (random key, no erase) and a partition of the
> rest (passphrase, no erase). Created swap and / inside
> those two partitions, worked.
>
> Installation went fine until under "Installing base
> system" it hangs at 73%, "Creating device files..."
>
> I haven't done a non-crypto install on this one with
> this image, but I did do that with a daily image early
> this week (12-13th or so) and it worked, so my guess
> is that it's related to the encrypted drives
> (sda5_crypt, sda6_crypt). Any idea how I should
> proceed?

First of all, could you please try an installatio to that stage again, 
and when it hangs, change to VT2 (Alt + F2), run "ps axwww" and report 
the output.

The contents of /var/log/syslog would also be interesting (use "Save 
debug logs" from the main menu in the installer to do this, you might 
need to gzip the log files before sending them to the list).

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David Härdeman