Hello there,
I'm installing Debian 8.2.0 on my brand new libreboot T400 laptop
http://minifree.org/product/libreboot-t400/.
I have successfully installed Debian with full disk encryption.
I have successfully reflashed the grubtest.cfg with:
cryptomount -a
set root='lvm/grubcrypt-debian'
linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/mapper/grubcrypt-debian
cryptdevice=/dev/mapper/grubcrypt-debian:root
initrd /initrd.img
The system boots but not too well. This is my annoying booting phase:
1. type LUKS passphrase at GRUB
2. system hangs for about 3 minutes
3. type (again) LUKS passphrase during debian boot
4. type user passphrase at user login
The "hang up problem" appeared soon as I have turned on my laptop just
after I had successfully installed Debian with full disk encryption. In
fact I pressed `c' to enter in command-line mode, then a simple `ls`
made GRUB hung for about 3 minutes.
Following the Libreboot documentation
http://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/encrypted_trisquel.html I had a
problem which may be provide some other information.
I was at "Booting your system" section when I tried to mount the crypted
LUKS volumes:
grub> cryptomount -a
Attempting to decrypt master key....
Enter passphrase for ahci,msdos1 (d309etc...etc...etc...):
but GRUB hung for about 3 minutes and then it printed:
Slot 0 opened
error: AHCI transfer time out.
I have investigated running:
grub> ls -la
GRUB hung for about 3 minutes and then it printed:
grub> ls -la
Device memdisk: ...
Device lvm/grubcrypt-swap: No known filesystem detected - ...
Device lvm/grubcrypt-debian: Filesystem type ext* - ... UUID
1cbd60e7-4b00-41cd-8220-944369022911 ...
Device crypto0: No known filesystem detected - ...
...
Device ahci0: No known filesystem detected - ...
Partition ahci0,msdos1: No known filesystem detected - ...
...
I have tried again with the slightly different:
grub> cryptomount -a lvm/grubcrypt-debian
GRUB hung for about 3 minutes and then it printed:
error: AHCI transfer time out.
I have tried another:
grub> cryptomount -u 1cbd60e7-4b00-41cd-8220-944369022911
GRUB hung for about 3 minutes and then it printed:
error: AHCI transfer time out.
error: no such cryptodisk found.
I have stubbornly continued ignoring the last errors:
grub> set root='lvm/grubcrypt-debian'
grub> linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/mapper/grubcrypt-debian
cryptdevice=/dev/mapper/grubcrypt-debian:root
grub> initrd /initrd.img
grub> boot
and incredibly it has worked! Debian 8.2.0 boot has started successfully.
There is a documented AHCI transfer timed out at
libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/encrypted_trisquel.html#troubleshooting but
I don't understand what to do, and I don't know how could I check if my
T400 has the same problem.
Does someone could help me?
Kind regards,
Tarin
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Tarin Gamberini
www.taringamberini.com
