Re: no root file system after encryption

[David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>]

On 05/04/2015 11:02 AM, Juha Heinanen wrote:
> I'm trying to install debian jessie with three partitions: /boot, /, and
> swap.  i'm able to create and encrypt the partitions fine, but when I
> then try to changes to disk, installer complains:
>    No root file system defined, please correct this from partitioning menu.
> The second partition had / as its mount point before the encryption.
> Why was it lost?  What is the correct procedure to create the encrypted
> partitions?
> Also, looks like it is not possible to correct anything from
> partitioning menu because of the encryption.

This video shows creating an unencrypted /boot partition and an 
encrypted partition with LVM with swap and root:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9pn2PYbDdA


Briefly -- to obtain encrypted file systems, the process is to create 
partitions, mark them as encrypted volumes, configure the encrypted 
volumes, and then put LVM and/or file systems into the encrypted volumes.


David