Hi, On Sun Jul 27, 2008 at 15:19:25 -0600, dann frazier wrote: > On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 02:29:38PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > I'm wondering who wrote: > > > > As linux-modules-extra-2.6-etchnhalf was not ready in time we decided to > > > > skip it for r4 and include it in r5. > > > > Frans Pop wrote: > > > Well done folks. You've again managed to break at least part of the > > > functionality of Debian Installer and, more importantly, left users with > > > a potentially unbootable system after installation. > > > > <fjp> You can now partition using loop-aes encryption, but the modules are > > not > > available for the installed system. > > <fjp> So you cannot access any loop-aes encrypted partitions. > > <fjp> Or (hopefully) the installation will fail during finish-install. > > > > Well, it would seem we have the first peice of errata for the end of > > http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/debian-installer/etchnhalf > > How's this? > > Index: etchnhalf.wml > =================================================================== > RCS file: > /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/releases/etch/debian-installer/etchnhalf.wml,v > retrieving revision 1.4 > diff -u -p -r1.4 etchnhalf.wml > --- etchnhalf.wml 15 Jul 2008 08:56:10 -0000 1.4 > +++ etchnhalf.wml 27 Jul 2008 21:17:42 -0000 > @@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ release. > <h3 id="errata-r0">Errata specific to <q>etch-and-a-half</q></h3> > > <p> > -No known issues. > +Partitions encrypted using loop-AES will not be accessable after > installation. > +This issue is due to the absence of loop-aes kernel modules for the etchnhalf > +kernel. These modules will be made available in the next update of Debian > +GNU/Linux 4.0, 4.0r5. > </p> > </if-etchnhalf-released>
We just agreed with Joerg Jaspert to post-release the missing modules as soon as he has arrived in Argentina. Greetings Martin -- Martin Zobel-Helas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Release Team Member Debian & GNU/Linux Developer | Debian Listmaster Public key http://zobel.ftbfs.de/5d64f870.asc - KeyID: 5D64 F870 GPG Fingerprint: 5DB3 1301 375A A50F 07E7 302F 493E FB8E 5D64 F870 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]