That was really the reason, wrong UUID and therefore cryptsetup failed since it didn't find the correct partition. The first visible error message "cryptsetup: evms_activate is not available" was kinda misleading.
So toobuntu and Eric, check that you have correct UUID. You can check and fix it by booting from a live CD, mount your /boot partition and then extract the initramfs (after first copying it to a temporary directory): gunzip -c -9 initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic | cpio -i -d -H newc --no- absolute-filenames Check and fix conf/conf.d/cryptroot (the source parameter, I corrected the UUID by replacing it with correct /dev/sdaX). Then pack the initramfs again: find . -print0 | cpio --null -ov --format=newc | gzip -9 > your-new- initramfs.cpio.gz Then backup your old initramfs and copy the new to the correct location. Reboot, and hope this fixes things also for you. :) -- encrypted block devices unavailable with linux-virtual https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663053 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs