[Fai-commit] r6084 - branches/experimental/patches

[Michael Tautschnig]

Author: mt
Date: 2010-09-26 17:08:12 +0000 (Sun, 26 Sep 2010)
New Revision: 6084

Modified:
   branches/experimental/patches/setup-storage_cryptsetup-passphrase
Log:
Added note on the need for busybox for using crypto devices


Modified: branches/experimental/patches/setup-storage_cryptsetup-passphrase
===================================================================
--- branches/experimental/patches/setup-storage_cryptsetup-passphrase	2010-09-26 14:05:57 UTC (rev 6083)
+++ branches/experimental/patches/setup-storage_cryptsetup-passphrase	2010-09-26 17:08:12 UTC (rev 6084)
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 	* setup-storage/{Parser,Commands}.pm: Added partition pseudo-type
 		luks:"<pass>" to create LUKS devices with user-defined passphrase (thanks
-		Patrick Schoenfeld for suggesting this).
-	* setup-storage.8: Document luks:"<pass>".
+		Patrick Schoenfeld for suggesting this and extensive testing).
+	* setup-storage.8: Document luks:"<pass>" and the need for having busybox
+		installed.
 Index: trunk/lib/setup-storage/Commands.pm
 ===================================================================
 --- trunk.orig/lib/setup-storage/Commands.pm
@@ -72,3 +73,18 @@
  .br
           | tmp
  .br
+@@ -600,9 +604,11 @@
+ reasons why a system may fail to boot.
+ .IP \(bu
+ Crypto support requires some site-specific changes: If you use cryptsetup
+-stanza, a crypttab file and key files for all luks volumes will be created. The
+-key files are left in /tmp/fai; you will want to copy these to some removable
+-media.
++stanza, a crypttab file and key files for all luks volumes will be created
++(unless you used the passphrase option). The key files are left in /tmp/fai; you
++will want to copy these to some removable media. To make encrypted root devices
++actually usable, you need to add busybox (and initramfs-tools) to your package
++config.
+ .SH SEE ALSO
+ This program is part of FAI (Fully Automatic Installation).
+ The FAI homepage is http://fai-project.org.