[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#767832: Initramfs provided in initramfs-tools_0.118_all won’t automount luks partitions at boot

[Simon McVittie]

On Sun, 02 Nov 2014 at 22:21:16 +0100, zer0 divide wrote:
> I chose during installation luks partitioning (not lvm), and separated /boot
> (on an usb pendrive) partition from /root partition (on another drive with
> the other one).

That isn't a full description of what you did; I can tell because you
mention a separate /usr, /var, /home later.

Please attach your /etc/fstab and /etc/crypttab. You can censor them if
necessary, but please make it obvious where you have done so.

The output of "reportbug --template initramfs-tools" would also be useful.

> My system does not start automatically after I enter the password for
> unlocking the root partition. I have to unlock manually /usr (from initramfs
> ), and then do "CTRL + D".

The regression here is that initramfs-tools/0.118 mounts /usr in the
initramfs, whereas initramfs-tools/0.116 does not; and cryptsetup's
initramfs hook has not been updated to provide the necessary devices
for /usr as well as the root.

I'm testing a potential solution: making cryptsetup open /usr,
not just /, during the initramfs.

    S