Re: Volume group not found after install

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com>]

> On Aug 9, 2019, at 9:00 PM, Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> (2019-08-09):
>> Not sure, immediately. This is going to take some effort to debug
>> interactively, most likely. Can you get in using rescue mode from
>> the installer?
>> 
>> I'd be looking to check that the various cryptsetup packages are
>> installed correctly, first.
> 
> I didn't follow much lately, but out of the blue, I'd say: check
> #930228 and #930229?
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

OK, so…

I did a standard install requesting encrypted LVM but otherwise accepted all the defaults.
When it rebooted, it looped complaining it was unable to locate the VG containing the root filesystem.

I rebooted from the CD in rescue mode and chose the chroot option.  I told it to mount /boot.

In the chroot, I ran “apt install cryptsetup-initramfs” and “update-initramfs -u” then rebooted.
This time it complained only twice about not being able to find the VG with root, but then it requested the passphrase to unlock the VG.
All was well after I supplied the passphrase.

So those two bugs, between them, seem to be the key. 
Hopefully we can get this fixed soon?

Thanks, Cyril!

Enjoy!
Rick