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Re: Can't boot following re-install to LVM on LUKS [was: can't login via gdm]

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On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 03:46:51PM +0100, Morgan Read wrote:
> On 11/08/2021 11:30 pm, David Christensen wrote:
> > On 8/11/21 6:45 AM, Morgan Read wrote:
> >> After having overcome a fairly fundamental bug with calamares as
> >> described here:
> >> https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1564#issuecomment-846321060
> >> And, (unnecessarily as it turned out) re-installed my system, I find
> >> I'm unable to boot. ...
> ...

Morgan,

Possibly just don't use calamares. Use the standard Debian installer (d-i for
short). Either the standard or expert installs offer you "ordinary" LVM or
encrypted LVM with LUKS, made even more straightforward if you can choose
guided partitioning. Do be aware, however, that if you choose 
multi-filesystem, then you might have to check that the appropriate 
partition sizes are correct for you. In testing, we often have to swap the 
mount point labels around.

Also: the standard size for swap is now 1G and for a dedicated /tmp 
partition of 2G.

All the very best, as ever,

Andy Cater


> > When a system image is damaged or doubtful, I restore the last raw
> > binary image onto a blank device, check out the configuration files, and
> > restore local data. The computer is back in operation in a predictable
> > amount of time with a high level of confidence that everything is correct.
> 
> Thanks David - I do have my home directories all comfortably backed-up
> to a raid device on my local server - I stopped taking stuff off-site a
> year or so ago. However, it's still a right royal pita when both the
> live CD and full install DVD are broken, see commentary from here:
> https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1564#issuecomment-898246354
> 
> I do find it puzzling that there's not straight forward way of doing
> LVM-on-LUKS.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Morgan Read
> 

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can't login via gdm Morgan Read <mstuff@read.org.nz> - 2021-08-10 09:40 +0200
  Re: can't login via gdm IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com> - 2021-08-10 12:40 +0200
    Re: can't login via gdm Zoltán Herman <zoltanhbz@gmail.com> - 2021-08-10 13:00 +0200
  Can't boot following re-install to LVM on LUKS [was: can't login via gdm] Morgan Read <mstuff@read.org.nz> - 2021-08-11 16:10 +0200
    Re: Can't boot following re-install to LVM on LUKS [was: can't login  via gdm] David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-08-12 00:30 +0200
      Re: Can't boot following re-install to LVM on LUKS [was: can't login  via gdm] Morgan Read <morgan@read.nz> - 2021-08-16 16:50 +0200
        Re: Can't boot following re-install to LVM on LUKS [was: can't login  via gdm] "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-08-16 17:20 +0200
          Re: Can't boot following re-install to LVM on LUKS [was: can't login  via gdm] Morgan Read <mstuff@read.org.nz> - 2021-08-19 12:30 +0200

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