Bug#781475: Jessie Installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: DVD-RW
Image version:
https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2015/20150126 (This
was Jessie, RC1.)
Date: Some time last week. (It is now Sun 29-Mar-2015.)
Machine: Dell Inspiron 3000 (i.e. the current model) but with a second 1
TByte hard disk added. Installation attempt was onto this second disk.
Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20 GHz x 4.
Memory: 7.8 GiByte
Partitions: As set up automatically by the installer, using the
encrypted LVM option.
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): ???
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O] but not sure where. This is a UEFI boot
system. Secure Boot had been disabled.
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
System booted to a graphical grub menu. Windows 8.1 booted from here OK
( /dev/sda ).
Linux started to boot ( /dev/sdb ).
It asked for the LVM encryption password using command-line interface.
The USB keyboard and USB mouse are "dead" at this point, so I was unable
to enter the password. No progress was possible.
I installed Linux Mint 17.1 at this point. This asks for the LVM
encryption password via Plymouth GUI with keyboard and mouse "live".
This works OK. This works with Secure Boot switched on.
I recommend holding the release of Jessie until "live" keyboard and
mouse can be provided at the time of the encryption password request.
I hope this helps,
Regards,
Andrew J. Trim
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