Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: debian-installer
With my current setup, I like to have two separate installations of
Ubuntu (the stable release and current development version), which I
share everything but the root system for. In other words, I have two
separate / installations, but my partitions for /home, /boot, /var,
/tmp, and swap are all shared (mounted in both).
During the installation process, I chose to make encrypted volumes for
/home and swap, with the new installer encryption options in Gutsy
(alternate CD). When I went to install the second time (for what will
become my Hardy system), it forced me to re-create the filesystem on
those, overwriting the data from the first installation.
While this is not a problem at this time, since I was installing
identical Gutsy systems on a clean hard drive, it will prevent things
such as testing Hardy alpha release installers, as doing so would wipe
the data from my /home partition.
Instead, debian-installer should have the ability to mount existing
encrypted volume partitions in the same way that it does for unencrypted
ones. The "Configure encrypted volumes" menus should have the "Format
it / Keep existing data" choice as normal partitions do.
** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Installer doesn't support mounting existing encryption volumes
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155987
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