Re: failure booting lvm volume group over encrypted disk
On Jan 1, 11:00 pm, Towncat <towncat.town...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to make a bootable backup disk based on <a href=http://
> linuxgazette.net/140/kapil.html>this howto</a>.
>
> The backup is on an external usb-sata drive. There is an sdc1
> partition that is not used, a small sdc2 for boot, unencrypted, and an
> sdc3 encrypted. On this there is a volume group, with two lv-s, one
> for root and one for swap.
>
> When booting the original system, I can open the encrypted disk, but I
> need to restart lvm for the system to find the volume group on it. I
> can also mount the lv-s.
>
> When I try to boot the backup system, it loads the initramfs, and I
> get this message:
>
> /dev/mapper/vg_externalsata_2-root does not exist.
>
> Looking at /proc/modules shows that the dm_crypt module is not loaded
> (although it seems to be included in the initramfs), which I think
> might be the problem.
>
> Any ideas? Did someone use the same howto with success?
>
> Tc
>
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Anyone have a hint maybe? I don't even have a clue where to look for
the error...
Tc
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