Bug#777578: broken install, incomplete initrd
Package: debian-installer
Severity: important
As already described in the users mailing list [1], I have a Debian sid
amd64 install in a VM, using EFI, GPT, btrfs and luks, which after
installation is left broken.
So far, I have identified:
1) that the initrd of this install is lacking at least cryptsetup.
2) that an identical install, with the exception of using ext4 instead
of btrfs, works perfectly fine (at least in terms of booting, I have not
checked issue #3 from the mailing list discussion).
3) that this is reproducible, having recreated the same btrfs install
from scratch, resulting in the same issues.
So it seems that under some scenarios, d-i is not creating a sufficient
initrd.
/conf/initramfs.conf states MODULES=most
All installs so far were done using the standard graphical install mode.
Just FYI, for the installation I am using a sid amd64 based live-cd
image generated with live-build with the latest stable d-i included (I'm
including the proper standard installer, not the "live" installer), and
due to the dev work I've been undertaking on live-build, I am in
possession of a live image with EFI support. Hence I am essentially
simulating use of a Jessie install disc here.
[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/02/msg00323.html
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