[Bug 719563] Re: mountall: fatal error: cannot open /dev/mapper/crypthome_unformatted

[Stefan Tauner]

The situation should definitely be improved. I had some problems already
with ubuntu's init (bug #1077650) and this is another case 1) that would
make it impossible for a less knowledgeable person to boot and 2) that
is rather hard to diagnose even if you have some profound knowledge. I
second Thorsten's comments regarding the fstab manpage very much. It was
also the first place where I have looked for an answer.

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Title:
  mountall: fatal error: cannot open /dev/mapper/crypthome_unformatted

Status in “cryptsetup” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in “mountall” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: mountall

  I have upgraded from Maverick to Natty yesterday, while there are
  still some (apparently irrelevant) packages pending.

  I am using cryptsetup and after entering the passphrase for my crypthome device (where keys for other devices are stored), I am getting a fatal error from mountall (translated from German):
    fsck.ext4: file/dir not found when trying to access /dev/mapper/crypthome_unformatted - Possibly non-existent device?
    mountall: fsck /home [$ID] exited with code 8
    mountall: fatal fsck error: /home

  Then it says that /root is still not mounted, which resides on /home,
  and nothing happens anymore.

  I can fix this using the "M"anual recovery, and doing the following:
  1. mount /home
  2. start every cryptdisk device using cryptdisk_start (necessary for all of them except crypthome)
  3. mount -a
  4. ctrl-d
  --- 
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: mountall 2.21
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE:de:en_US:en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/zsh
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-3.30-generic 2.6.38-rc4
  Tags: natty
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-3-generic i686
  UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse libvirtd lpadmin plugdev pulse sambashare sbuild scanner src video

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