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

[Jonas Meurer]

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Hello Christoph, hello August,

Am 22.10.2013 16:41, schrieb 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.

Augustin is perfectly right here. Can you please elaborate on the bug
and provide further explanation and details?

Kind regards,
 jonas

> 
> 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,
> 

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