Re: Can't boot following re-install to LVM on LUKS [was: can't login via gdm]

2021-08-19 Thread Morgan Read
On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 03:46:51PM +0100, Morgan Read wrote: > On 11/08/2021 11:30 pm, David Christensen wrote: > > On 8/11/21 6:45 AM, Morgan Read wrote: > >> After having overcome a fairly fundamental bug with calamares as > >> described here: > >> https://github.com/ca

Re: Can't boot following re-install to LVM on LUKS [was: can't login via gdm]

2021-08-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
l comfortably backed-up > to a raid device on my local server - I stopped taking stuff off-site a > year or so ago. However, it's still a right royal pita when both the > live CD and full install DVD are broken, see commentary from here: > https://github.com/calamares/calamare

Re: Can't boot following re-install to LVM on LUKS [was: can't login via gdm]

2021-08-16 Thread Morgan Read
yal pita when both the live CD and full install DVD are broken, see commentary from here: https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1564#issuecomment-898246354 I do find it puzzling that there's not straight forward way of doing LVM-on-LUKS. Regards, -- Morgan Read OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Can't boot following re-install to LVM on LUKS [was: can't login via gdm]

2021-08-11 Thread David Christensen
On 8/11/21 6:45 AM, Morgan Read wrote: Hi List, Since my cry for (fairly minor) help here: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/08/msg00461.html I think I've dug myself into a bit of a deep hole. After having overcome a fairly fundamental bug with calamares as described here: https://github

Can't boot following re-install to LVM on LUKS [was: can't login via gdm]

2021-08-11 Thread Morgan Read
do: sudo cryptsetup open /dev/sda3 --type luks [some UUID] Enter passphrase for /dev/sda3: >From the terminal, then the lvm on luks volumes pop up as expected immediately decrypted, named under /dev/mapped/[some VG-LV-name], /dev/[some VG]/[some LV], enumerated at /dev/dm-xyz etc and mounted under

Re: LVM on LUKS

2009-09-01 Thread PierPaolo
it worked with netinstall from d-i testing! thanx to all however it is a bit annoying that the initrd check for lvm groups even before decrypt the partition in wich it resides... On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 12:05, Alex Samad wrote: > On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 11:31:20AM +0200, PierPaolo wrote: > > ...

Re: LVM on LUKS

2009-09-01 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 11:31:20AM +0200, PierPaolo wrote: > ...that's it: [snip] > > but I WANT BACK MY DEBIAN! > please, help me: can i try to make an initramfs cpio arch in debian either? > i'll need a custom kernel with all compiled-in except modules not need in > the boot process? previousl

Re: LVM on LUKS

2009-09-01 Thread PierPaolo
...that's it: /dev/sda1, ext2, /boot /dev/vg/root, ext3, / /dev/vg/swap, swap /dev/vg/home, ext3, /home /dev/vg/usr, ext3, /usr /dev/vg/var, ext3, /var where vg lvm sits on top of a cryptsetup-luks the initramfs built from the d-icontains both scripts/crypt... and scripts/lvm (i don't recall per

Re: LVM on LUKS

2009-09-01 Thread PierPaolo
sorry... GMail... isent that in pm... my fault 2009/9/1 Γιώργος Πάλλας > PierPaolo wrote: > > so... it is... ubuntu better than debian??? pleease, no! > > > > it's all day long i'm trying to set up lvm2 on top of luks properly on > > a fresh installed debian/lenny. previously i had this done in

Re: LVM on LUKS

2009-08-31 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 02:56:25AM +0200, PierPaolo wrote: > so... it is... ubuntu better than debian??? pleease, no! > > it's all day long i'm trying to set up lvm2 on top of luks properly on a > fresh installed debian/lenny. previously i had this done in kubuntu9, then i > try gentoo (aaagh!),,

Re: LVM on LUKS

2009-08-31 Thread Olaf Reitmaier Veracierta
Please, you have to be more specific about the problem you are suffering. There is a bug in fresh installs of lenny upgrade 5.01: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515839 Solution: 1.- Restart the machine. 2.- In the GRUB press 'e' to edit the boot line which is failing (vmlinuz)

Re: LVM on LUKS

2009-08-31 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 02:56:25 +0200 PierPaolo wrote: > so... it is... ubuntu better than debian??? pleease, no! > > it's all day long i'm trying to set up lvm2 on top of luks properly on a > fresh installed debian/lenny. previously i had this done in kubuntu9, then i > try gentoo (aaagh!),, then i

LVM on LUKS

2009-08-31 Thread PierPaolo
so... it is... ubuntu better than debian??? pleease, no! it's all day long i'm trying to set up lvm2 on top of luks properly on a fresh installed debian/lenny. previously i had this done in kubuntu9, then i try gentoo (aaagh!),, then i return to my beloved debian, but... that's another machine, s