[xubuntu-users] Disk encryption boot oddity

[Wither Slick]

I have had this exact same problem in the past, and as a newcomer it did
worry me. I actually still have the problem on 15.10 running on an old
ThinkPad.
On Mar 30, 2016 16:10, "Peter Flynn" <peter at silmaril.ie> wrote:

> I encrypted the hard disk of my Dell D810 when installing 15.10 and it's
> been working fine -- with one oddity: when I give the encryption
> passphrase at boot time, I get two messages at the bottom of the screen:
>
> cryptsetup: unknown fstype, bad password or options?
> cryptsetup: sda5_crypt set up successfully
>
> It then proceeds to boot normally without error. My disk layout is:
>
> Filesystem     1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
> udev             1013792        0   1013792   0% /dev
> tmpfs             206268     5940    200328   3% /run
> /dev/dm-1       75506800 56022024  15626140  79% /
> tmpfs            1031332    18412   1012920   2% /dev/shm
> tmpfs               5120        4      5116   1% /run/lock
> tmpfs            1031332        0   1031332   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
> /dev/sda1         240972   145562     82969  64% /boot
> cgmfs                100        0       100   0% /run/cgmanager/fs
> tmpfs             206268       12    206256   1% /run/user/1000
>
> As it works, it's not really important, but I'm curious to know why it
> thinks it's an unknown fstype when it clearly isn't. It's also a message
> which would obviously cause a newcomer to get worried, which is usually
> A Bad Thing...
>
> ///Peter
>
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