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Bug#701862: Fails to boot, no cryptsetup in initramfs



John Talbut <jt@dpets.co.uk> (05/03/2013):
> Is this a known problem?  Is it related to
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=689722, which is
> supposed to have been resolved?

I don't think so.

> Is there a workaround so that I can boot my machine?  Or a version
> of the installer that does not lead to this problem?  Or a way of
> using the installer?
> 
> Is more information needed?  If so, what?  I will help if I can.

Yeah, you'll have to help understand what you did precisely, since I
tested ciphered LVM not so long ago, and that went fine.

You could use d-i (e.g. rc1 images) in rescue mode, go as far as
detecting disks, being prompted for the passphrase (d-i should detect
the encrypted disk/partition and ask its passphrase accordingly); then
extracting logs would be nice, but you should be able to install
cryptsetup and/or to regenerate your initramfs. The following commands
should help you get started, once you have started a shell chrooted in
that partition:
  apt-get install cryptsetup
  update-initramfs -u -k all

(You don't seem to have a separate /boot partition; otherwise it would
be a good idea to mount it, so that the updated initramfs lands in the
right directory/partition/disk.)

Mraw,
KiBi.

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