Bug#935973: debian-installer: cryptsetup-initramfs will not be installed even when using full-disk encryption.

2019-09-27 Thread Thomas Maaß
Package: debian-installer Followup-For: Bug #935973 Hi! I can confirm this issue. cryptsetup-initramfs is not installed neither by the Buster, not by the Bullseye installer. When full-disc-encryption was set up, I have to boot in rescue mode and install the package. Regards Thomas -- System In

Bug#935931: Re: Bug#935931: debian-installer: Reinstalling Debian on a current Debian installation without erasing or fomatting the home folder

2019-09-27 Thread Daniel
Dear All, In this case I suggest hence to expand the use cases and to evaluate the feature to reinstall Debian on top of itself without overwriting the home partition. While it doesn't seem a complicated achievement, it brings instead a great advantage for the end user and improves greatly th

Bug#935931: Re: Bug#935931: debian-installer: Reinstalling Debian on a current Debian installation without erasing or fomatting the home folder

2019-09-27 Thread Geert Stappers
On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 05:19:06PM -0400, Daniel wrote: > Holger Wansing wrote: > > The debian-installer supports similar use case via the "separate > > partition for /home" approach. > to reinstall Debian on top of itself without overwriting the home partition. Yes, that is what Holger is telling

Bug#935931: Re: Bug#935931: debian-installer: Reinstalling Debian on a current Debian installation without erasing or fomatting the home folder

2019-09-27 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
Geert Stappers writes: > On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 05:19:06PM -0400, Daniel wrote: >> Holger Wansing wrote: >> > The debian-installer supports similar use case via the "separate >> > partition for /home" approach. >> to reinstall Debian on top of itself without overwriting the home partition. > > Y

Bug#935931: Re: Bug#935931: debian-installer: Reinstalling Debian on a current Debian installation without erasing or fomatting the home folder

2019-09-27 Thread Daniel
I am addressing another case, the one you have not separated partitions for /, /home and swap. As a matter of fact if the installer is able to recognize the home folder having  /home separated in another partition is not necessary anymore. The advantage respect having the /home separated, spec