[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#707641: overriding root device on TS-419 non-working

[Agustin Martin]

On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 10:55:52PM +0200, Christoph Egger wrote:
> Martin Michlmayr <tbm at cyrius.com> writes:
> > reassign 707641 initramfs-tools
> > thanks
> >
> > I don't see anything flash-kernel related here.  Is this right after
> > an installation with d-i?
> 
> Actually it's cryptsetup's fault.

Hi,

Some time ago I filed a bug report (#546610) about ignored root= command line
parameter. This was already fixed by maintainer in 2012 (cryptsetup/2:1.4.1-3)
and I have been overriding root device in a regular basis since then, so when
I found this bug report by chance I was curious and looked at it.

> I'ts not pristine from the installer. Got dropbear / cryptroot to run
> untill there and enabled netconsole via [0] basically. Never really
> bootet into the installed system though (doesn't boot)

>From what I looked QNAP TS-419 seems to be an ARM box (Note that your
original bug report provides the architecture of the amd64 box used to file the
bug report, not that of the QNAP box),

> [0] http://www.hellion.org.uk/blog/posts/debugging-initramfs-over-netconsole/

with no console, so I do not think cryptsetup maintainer can have a look at
this unless you provide extensive information, not only about messages shown
during the boot process, but also about the details of the installaiton
process.

Did you follow http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-41x/install/
for installation? Which were your settings about disk layout? In particular
I am curious about /dev/ram being tried as root filesystem.

Also, you write above "I'ts not pristine from the installer", can you be more
explicit about this. Is something modified from Debian installer?

I am not familiar with this kind or ARM devices, but even only for not
having a console I'd say they are way too specific and have my doubts about
considering them fully supported, and thus this bug being RC. May be is just
my lack of knowledge about these devices.

Anyway, did you try the "Debian area on the QNAP forum" pointed to in
http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-41x/. People having physical
access to one of this devices can be of great help here. 

Regards,

-- 
Agustin