[Bug 1066480] Re: Installer doesn't show encrypted partitions

[DJ]

I can't believe encrypted volumes is still such a hastle on Ubuntu. I
haven't seen this with any other distro I've used. Even Archlinux is
easier, because you actually know why it is or isn't working. On Ubuntu,
you push a few buttons, and hope it boots when you're done. Absraction
is great when it actually works. Otherwise you're just SOL, with no
clear troubleshooting steps.  This really needs to be fixed.

This is the first time I've tried this without the alternate install CD,
which required a different set of post-install interventions to get
working. If you, like me, followed the workaround and ended up at the
initramfs prompt, this is what you need to do:

In addition to selecting mount points and FS types for your encrypted
volumes, you also need to select the containing physical volume, and set
it as "Physical disk for encrypted volumes," or something like that.

It's great to make things easy with a GUI installer, but there really
should be instructions for how to do this stuff manually, so you have a
some recourse when it doesn't work. Other than trying random install
options or forum suggestions until it succeeds, but you don't know why.
Thus far I've been unable to find such a thing for Ubuntu. Without good
documentation, you also discourage contributors from helping to solve
the problem.

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Title:
  Installer doesn't show encrypted partitions

Status in Ubiquity:
  New
Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu quantal series:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Raring:
  Won't Fix
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Saucy:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Hallo
  Testing 20121014 amd64 desktop in virtual env.
  in the disk was already present an encrypted Ubuntu installation, and when I try to install a second Ubuntu it don't consider the encrypted partitions, suggesting to erase all the disk instead to instal along side.
  But I want a free system for my son and an ecrypted one for my work on the same disk.
  Attached screenshot
  Thanks
  Fabio

  We can also see that the partition is regularry mounted and showed in
  launcher.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.12.11 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.328
  Date: Sun Oct 14 10:55:01 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121014)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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