-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 For a total of twelve hours since yesterday I have been trying to install Etch in a new box, but I have never been able to get beyond the partitioner. Every time I try the installer for one reason or another produced failure messages.
I now have the following partitioning table. ------------- Encrypted volume (crypt 0) - 1.0 GB Linux device-mapper #1 primary 995.2 MB F swap swap Encrypted volume (crypt 1) - 1.0 GB Linux device-mapper #1 primary 995.2 MB f xfs /tmp Encrypted volume (crypt 2) - 985.2 GB Linux device-mapper #5 logical 985.2 GB f xfs /home Encrypted volume (md1_crypt) - 1.0 GB Linux device-mapper #1 primary 1 MB f swap swap Encrypted volume (md2_crypt) - 1.0 GB Linux device-mapper #1 primary 1 MB f xfs /tmp Encrypted volume (md6_crypt) - 985.2 GB Linux device-mapper #5 logical 985.2 GB f xfs /home RAID1 device #0 - 1.0 GB Software RAID device #1 1.0 GB K xfs /boot RAID1 device #1 - 1.0 GB Software RAID device #1 1.0 GB K crypto not active RAID1 device #2 - 1.0 GB Software RAID device #1 1.0 GB K crypto not active RAID1 device #3 - 4.0 GB Software RAID device #1 4.0 GB K xfs / RAID1 device #4 - 4.0 GB Software RAID device #1 4.0 GB K xfs /usr RAID1 device #5 - 4.0 GB Software RAID device #1 4.0 GB K xfs /var RAID1 device #6 - 985.2 GB Software RAID device #1 985.2 GB K crypto not active SCSI2 (0.0.0) (sda) - 1.0 TB ATA SAMSUNG HD103UJ #1 primary 1.0 GB B K raid #2 primary 1.0 GB K raid #3 primary 1.0 GB K raid #4 logical 4.0 GB K raid #5 logical 4.0 GB K raid #6 logical 4.0 GB K raid #7 logical 985.2 GB K raid SCSI2 (0.1.0) (sdb) - 1.0 TB ATA SAMSUNG HD103UJ #1 primary 1.0 GB B K raid #2 primary 1.0 GB K raid #3 primary 1.0 GB K raid #4 logical 4.0 GB K raid #5 logical 4.0 GB K raid #6 logical 4.0 GB K raid #7 logical 985.2 GB K raid SCSI3 (0.0.0) (sdc) - 250.1 GB ATA WDC WD2500AAJS-0 ------------------ RAID1 devices #1 and #2 are intended respectively for swap and /tmp encrypted with a random key; RAID device #6 is intended for /home encrypted with a passphrase. Selecting the three RAID devices as physical volumes for encryption caused the the three (mdX_crypt) volumes to appear. When their pass keys were selected the three (cryptX) volumes appeared. I discovered that not creating partitions in those six volumes caused the installer to reject the partition configuration. So I created volumes in succession for each group, mdX_crypt and cryptX; but each one was also rejected in succession. Finally I created partitions for all six; whereupon the installer complained that I had duplicate mount points. Obviously something is wrong, but I am a loss as to what. I would appreciate advice as to what I need to do to get past the partitioning and so to the rest of the installation. Regards, Ken Heard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkkWAUwACgkQlNlJzOkJmTek4gCeJ9ziteJUVzu0cYFrEjjuHFVO dC8AnjLT/EyQX87M6LSSSVkXLYzNK79O =CYOw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]