[arch-general] Initramfs doesn't ask for password to encrypted LVM

Leonid Isaev lisaev at umail.iu.edu
Wed Aug 28 11:53:42 EDT 2013


On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:47:21 +0200
Bartłomiej Piotrowski <b at bpiotrowski.pl> wrote:

> I guess it's trivial to fix, I usually overlook basic things...
> 
> I installed Arch on encrypted LVM without issues, but for some reason 
> initramfs doesn't ask for password to encrypted LVM and waits for root 
> device instead. I'm not sure where the problem lies -- configuration 
> files[1] seem correct to me.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> [1] https://paste.xinu.at/pbiA78/
> 

In the cryptdevice line, try replacing "root" with "lvm" (that's your PV name,
right?), so you'll have "cryptdevice=/dev/sda2:lvm".

Cheers,
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Leonid Isaev
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