On Tue, 2013-08-06 at 10:17 -0700, Matt Taggart wrote: > Ben Hutchings writes: > > On Mon, 2013-08-05 at 16:31 -0700, Matt Taggart wrote: > > > I think I am seeing the same bug reported in #716978... > > >=20 > > > I just did an install of wheezy using a d-i daily (updated today > > > 2013-08-05). The root is md raid->crypt->lvm. Upon boot the initramfs > > > started up the md raid devices properly, but failed to setup the crypto > > > and dropped to an initramfs shell. When I poke around I see that > > >=20 > > > /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/crypto/ > > >=20 > > > is lacking most of the crypto modules (including the xts/serpant/etc > > > that my system needed). So I am unable to bring things up by hand > > > either. > > >=20 > > > During the install, for the question about how much to include in the > > > initramfs, I picked the "just what's needed by this system" answer, > > > although I think that should have been OK. > > > > I doubt we'll ever be able to get it completely right. That option > > should be warned against in general. It is useful for machines with > > limited memory or space for the initramfs (e.g. ARM systems where the > > bootloader looks for it in a specific flash partition). Otherwise it > > just saves a fraction of a second of boot time, or fails to boot. > > I used d-i rescue mode to mount the disks and switch from "dep" to "most" > mode for update-initramfs and that pulled the crypto modules in. But now > the problem is that the LVM tools aren't in the initramfs so it gets stuck > at that point.
That's strange. The LVM tools are added by /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/lvm2 which is part of the lvm2 package. So this implies lvm2 wasn't installed either, though that seems unlikely. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings This sentence contradicts itself - no actually it doesn't.
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