Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes

2019-11-20 Thread draeath
There's another use case here too, in cases where I want to use my own LUKS parameters - that the installer doesn't expose. Perhaps I want --type=luks1, maybe I want a different --iter-time, etc. Actually, if the installer (in expert mode) let us pass arbitrary arguments for cryptsetup this would c

Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes

2019-09-14 Thread markoadsl2
On 07/09/2019 21:25, Ben Hutchings wrote: What makes you think the installer is intended to be used for upgrades? Ben. Not for upgrading an existing OS installation but it should be usable for a fresh OS install while preserving user data. That is an important goal in having a separate /home

Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes

2019-09-07 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2019-09-07 at 13:48 +0300, M Santala wrote: [...] > This bug has persisted for a long time and it bites long-term Debian > users who are upgrading their systems, causing loss of time and > data. This makes upgrade a challenge and encourages to keep obsolete > systems in operation. What mak

Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes

2019-09-07 Thread M Santala
Package: partman-crypto Followup-For: Bug #451535 Dear Maintainer, * What led up to the situation? Trying to do a fresh Buster installation using "Expert install" on an old computer with encrypted LVM volumes, with the aim of not formatting the volumes. I was using ISO image debian-10.0.0-amd

Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes

2017-05-15 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2017-05-15 at 17:37 -0300, Kolmar Kafran wrote: > On Mon, 15 May 2017 21:26:28 +0100 Ben Hutchings > wrote: > > > It is in the nature of an installer that it is capable of > > overwriting > > existing data.  Based on your instructions, I think the installer > > already makes it quite clea

Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes

2017-05-15 Thread Kolmar Kafran
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Mon, 15 May 2017 21:26:28 +0100 Ben Hutchings wrote: > It is in the nature of an installer that it is capable of overwriting > existing data. Based on your instructions, I think the installer > already makes it quite clear what's going to happe

Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes

2017-05-15 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2017-05-15 at 17:20 -0300, Kolmar Kafran wrote: > severity: critical > > I would like to say this bug still persist on Debian Stretch. > > I suggest this bug to be marked as 'critical', since this could lead to > data loss. [...] It is in the nature of an installer that it is capable of

Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes

2017-05-15 Thread Kolmar Kafran
severity: critical -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I would like to say this bug still persist on Debian Stretch. I suggest this bug to be marked as 'critical', since this could lead to data loss. The debian installer doesn't recognize a previous encrypted volume (Tested with net

Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes

2017-04-12 Thread Pali Rohár
BUMP again. This is really annoying bug which disallow installing Debian on pre-formatted disks/partitions. Any progress? Was Colin Watson proposed patch accepted? Or what is current state of it? -- Pali Rohár pali.ro...@gmail.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message

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2007-11-20 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > tags 451970 + pending Bug#451970: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes There were no tags set. Tags added: pending > retitle 451970 partman-lvm: allow to 'reuse' logical volumes Bug#451970: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted v

Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes

2007-11-19 Thread Frans Pop
clone 451535 -1 reassign -1 partman-lvm severity -1 normal thanks On Monday 19 November 2007, Frans Pop wrote: > I did have one strange issue with that procedure though: after crypto and > LVM had been activated, partman did not recognize the existing file > systems on the logical volumes even tho

Processed: Re: Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes

2007-11-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > clone 451535 -1 Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes Bug 451535 cloned as bug 451970. > reassign -1 partman-lvm Bug#451970: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes Bug reassigned fr

Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes

2007-11-19 Thread Frans Pop
reassign 451535 partman-crypto severity 451535 wishlist thanks On Friday 16 November 2007, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: > I had first installed i386 system with encrypted /home and swap. Then I > decided to install also amd64 build -- reusing both encrypted > partitions. Although I checked out smth l

Processed: Re: Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes

2007-11-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 451535 partman-crypto Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes Bug reassigned from package `debian-installer' to `partman-crypto'. > severity 451535 wishlist Bug#451535: debian-installer:

Bug#451535: debian-installer: allow to 'reuse' encrypted volumes

2007-11-16 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
Package: debian-installer Version: 20070308 Severity: normal I had first installed i386 system with encrypted /home and swap. Then I decided to install also amd64 build -- reusing both encrypted partitions. Although I checked out smth like 'delete data' in the encryption setup menu, which I treat