Bug#358452: [Pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#358452: initramfs cryptroot functionality

Riku Voipio riku.voipio at iki.fi
Mon May 8 21:12:40 UTC 2006


On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 10:42:59PM +0200, David Härdeman wrote:
> Unfortunately, simply changing the module detection to use cryptsetup 
> status does not work in the installer as the cryptsetup devices are not 
> available in the /target chroot.

I started work for this on #365747. Would we actually need cryptX nodes
as well?

> I'll need to take a look at this, d-i might have to add the modules 
> manually to /etc/mkinitramfs/modules, or perhaps all crypto modules 
> should be included (in keeping with the mkinitramfs tradition which 
> seems to be to try to create as general an image as possible).

I have been trying to think about the hook as used after install. I'd 
rather not rely on d-i to add the modules, since initramfs can be
regenerated at anytime.





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