[Pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#478268: Bug#478268: Bug#478268: cryptsetup: LUKS device no more recognized at boot

[David Härdeman]

On Wed, May 14, 2008 10:58, Jonas Meurer wrote:
> On 28/04/2008 Luca Capello wrote:
>> Booting with the "break" kernel option (as suggested at bug #466573 [1])
>> causes the machine to reboot before prompting for the cryptsetup
>> password, at least with kernel 2.6.25-trunk-amd64.
>>
>
> That's indeed strange. I'm not initramfs expert, but I thought that
> something like break=init or break=bottom should give you a rescue
> prompt.

initramfs will behave differently if the "panic" kernel option is set
(initramfs will not spawn any shells in that case but reboot instead).

Which options do you use to boot?

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David Härdeman