Peter Matulis [2009-10-21 0:30 -0000]: > Is it too dangerous to incorporate the intelligence of your Python > script into karmic's cryptsetup?
I'm not sure it is a good idea to attempt the conversion on the fly while the file system is being mounted (i. e. during dist-upgrade). I think what we should do here is: * Detect the situation in initramfs/during boot, when file systems fail to mount due to this. If so, print an error message with instructions. * Ship this Python script on the live CD. * The instructions should briefly explain what went wrong, and ask the user to run a live system and that script. That would be a safe, but admittedly clumsy first step to get from "WTH??" to "ugh, complicated, but I know what to do". A more advanced solution would be to translate/reduce the Pythons script into a very small shell script which only uses blkid and dd (and other tools available in the initramfs), then the initramfs could auto-repair the file systems before mounting them. Anyone happens to be interested in writing such a thing? Thanks, Martin -- Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org) ** Also affects: util-linux (Ubuntu Karmic) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed -- luks encrypted partition not detected or mounted automatically https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428435 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
