> The encrypted volume can be successfully decrypted, so at least you should
have no problem to make a backup.
I have never succeeded in making a backup on Trisquel.
> Create a non-encrypted partition for /boot (and one for /boot/efi, for
UEFI/TianoCore payload).
Why/how to create a non-encrypted partition?? I think it is always
automatically full-disk encrypted though.
> Trisquel has the same installer on the netinstall ISO.
I have never succeeded in installing by the netinstall ISO neither.
Or rather, what would be the cause of this trouble?