Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes
reassign 451535 partman-crypto
severity 451535 wishlist
thanks
On Friday 16 November 2007, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:
> I had first installed i386 system with encrypted /home and swap. Then I
> decided to install also amd64 build -- reusing both encrypted
> partitions. Although I checked out smth like 'delete data' in the
> encryption setup menu, which I treated as 'preserve/don"t touch', it
> did reinitialize them and I had to recreate filesystems on top.
It is actually possible to reuse existing encrypted LVM volumes by following
the procedure documented on [1] just before starting the partitioner.
Well, almost.
I did have one strange issue with that procedure though: after crypto and
LVM had been activated, partman did not recognize the existing file systems
on the logical volumes even though they could be mounted. And even though
the partman log _does_ indicate that the partition was recognized.
However, I completely agree that it should be possible to do this in a
simpler way. Reassigning your suggestion to the appropriate component.
Maybe we should have a general option "Detect existing encrypted and/or
logical volumes" on the partman main screen.
Cheers,
FJP
[1] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Rescue/Crypto
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