Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

2010-01-28 Thread Bill Davidsen
Ed Greshko wrote: Robin Laing wrote: On 01/21/2010 08:32 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: On 01/21/2010 09:40 AM, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: From: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Dracut/Options#crypto_LUKS Pass: rd_NO_LUKS to your kernel boot line.

Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

2010-01-28 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 10:07 -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: Ed Greshko wrote: The OP has some external encrypted disks that are not critical to system operation. Other functions of the system are critical. The system is configured to reboot when power is restored after a power failure. If

Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

2010-01-25 Thread Ed Greshko
Robin Laing wrote: On 01/21/2010 08:32 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: On 01/21/2010 09:40 AM, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: From: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Dracut/Options#crypto_LUKS Pass: rd_NO_LUKS to your kernel boot line. What

Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

2010-01-23 Thread Bill Davidsen
Robert Nichols wrote: Bill Davidsen wrote: Hum, I expected an answer on this one, guess I'm not the only one with no fits all cases answer. The only solution I found was to rewrite hal rules not to auto-mount anything of any nature, which is ugly but better than fail to boot. Didn't

Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

2010-01-23 Thread Robert Nichols
Bill Davidsen wrote: Robert Nichols wrote: Bill Davidsen wrote: Hum, I expected an answer on this one, guess I'm not the only one with no fits all cases answer. The only solution I found was to rewrite hal rules not to auto-mount anything of any nature, which is ugly but better than

Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

2010-01-22 Thread Bill Davidsen
Robert Nichols wrote: In my Fedora 12 system, if an external LUKS encrypted volume happens to be connected to the system while it is booting, the boot sequence blocks waiting for the password. This means that my system cannot boot unattended (perhaps following a power failure) if an encrypted

Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

2010-01-22 Thread Robert Nichols
Bill Davidsen wrote: Robert Nichols wrote: In my Fedora 12 system, if an external LUKS encrypted volume happens to be connected to the system while it is booting, the boot sequence blocks waiting for the password. This means that my system cannot boot unattended (perhaps following a power

Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

2010-01-21 Thread Robert Nichols
Kevin Fenzi wrote: On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:52:11 -0600 Robert Nichols rnicholsnos...@comcast.net wrote: In my Fedora 12 system, if an external LUKS encrypted volume happens to be connected to the system while it is booting, the boot sequence blocks waiting for the password. This means

Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

2010-01-21 Thread Robert Nichols
Bryn M. Reeves wrote: On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 19:45 -0700, Kevin Fenzi wrote: From: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Dracut/Options#crypto_LUKS Pass: rd_NO_LUKS to your kernel boot line. But that doesn't seem to help if you have LUKS devices that you do want activated during boot (I haven't

Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

2010-01-21 Thread Ed Greshko
Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: On 01/21/2010 09:40 AM, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: From: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Dracut/Options#crypto_LUKS Pass: rd_NO_LUKS to your kernel boot line. But that doesn't seem to help if you have LUKS devices that you do want activated during boot

Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

2010-01-21 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 10:24 -0500, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: On 01/21/2010 09:40 AM, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: From: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Dracut/Options#crypto_LUKS Pass: rd_NO_LUKS to your kernel boot line. But that doesn't seem to help if you have LUKS devices that you

Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

2010-01-21 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 09:31 -0600, Robert Nichols wrote: Bryn M. Reeves wrote: On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 19:45 -0700, Kevin Fenzi wrote: From: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Dracut/Options#crypto_LUKS Pass: rd_NO_LUKS to your kernel boot line. But that doesn't seem to help if you

Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

2010-01-21 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 23:32 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: On 01/21/2010 09:40 AM, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: From: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Dracut/Options#crypto_LUKS Pass: rd_NO_LUKS to your kernel boot line. But that doesn't seem to help if

Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

2010-01-21 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:32:51 +0800 Ed Greshko ed.gres...@greshko.com wrote: What happens if you normally want a particular uuid to be activated on boot...but there is a power fail and restore at 3am? Wouldn't you still be stuck with a system waiting for the password when what you may want

Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

2010-01-20 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:52:11 -0600 Robert Nichols rnicholsnos...@comcast.net wrote: In my Fedora 12 system, if an external LUKS encrypted volume happens to be connected to the system while it is booting, the boot sequence blocks waiting for the password. This means that my system cannot boot