cannpt boot lvm with encrypted volume without usb

[Asif Iqbal]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Ioannis Vranos
<ioannis.vranos at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Ioannis Vranos
>> <ioannis.vranos at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Ioannis Vranos
>>>> <ioannis.vranos at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Try running sudo update-grub.
>>>>
>>>> exact same error
>>>
>>> What is the output of sudo update-grub?
>>
>> iqbala at ghar-iqbala:~$ sudo update-grub
>> [sudo] password for iqbala:
>> Generating grub.cfg ...
>> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic
>> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-12-generic
>> Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.bin
>> done
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Also, do you have the Hard Disk 1 to boot first?
>>
>> no /dev/sda1 is /boot and /dev/sdb5 is the crypted fs
>>
>> iqbala at ghar-iqbala:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sda
>>
>> The device presents a logical sector size that is smaller than
>> the physical sector size. Aligning to a physical sector (or optimal
>> I/O) size boundary is recommended, or performance may be impacted.
>>
>> Command (m for help): p
>>
>> Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
>> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
>> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
>> Disk identifier: 0x0005266a
>>
>>   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>> /dev/sda1            2048      499711      248832   83  Linux
>> /dev/sda2          501758  1465147391   732322817    5  Extended
>> Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
>> /dev/sda5          501760  1465147391   732322816   83  Linux
>
>
> Try editting /etc/crypttab and make it:
>
> sdb5_crypt   /dev/sda5     none     luks
>
>
> (leave "sdb5_crypt" string as it is), and reboot.
>

did not help. exact same non-system disk error. I can still boot fine
with the usb flashdrive
with ubuntu 11.10 64bit alternate iso

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