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Bug#849400: debian-installer: LUKS on rootfs and boot



On Wed, 2017-09-27 at 09:21 +1000, Julian 1 wrote:
> I am affected by this as well.
> 
> Googling shows shows people experimenting with workarounds - creating an
> additional unencrypted /boot partition independent of the unencrypted EFI
> partition.
> 
> This is overly complicated when the subsequent install workflow already
> does the correct thing - in creating a /boot partition and
> kernel/initrd/grub on the EFI parition.
> 
> One just needs to be able to hint that the EFI/fat32 parition will be used
> for /boot, or else simply let the user 'continue' the installation, rather
> than have both 'go-back' and 'continue' return to the same menu.
[...]

DO NOT use a fat32 partition for /boot!

It will appear to work, but the first upgrade of a package that
installs into /boot will fail because dpkg cannot create a hard link
there.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Larkinson's Law: All laws are basically false.

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