[Bug 155987] Re: Installer doesn't support mounting existing encryption volumes

[Colin Watson]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 420080 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420080

I fixed this in Ubuntu 11.10.  See bug 420080 (sorry, I evidently hadn't
noticed that a rather earlier bug existed).

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 420080
   Configure encrypted volumes destroys existing data

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Title:
  Installer doesn't support mounting existing encryption volumes

Status in partman-crypto:
  New
Status in “partman-crypto” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: debian-installer

  With my current setup, I like to have two separate installations of
  Ubuntu (the stable release and current development version), which I
  share everything but the root system for.  In other words, I have two
  separate / installations, but my partitions for /home, /boot, /var,
  /tmp, and swap are all shared (mounted in both).

  During the installation process, I chose to make encrypted volumes for
  /home and swap, with the new installer encryption options in Gutsy
  (alternate CD).  When I went to install the second time (for what will
  become my Hardy system), it forced me to re-create the filesystem on
  those, overwriting the data from the first installation.

  While this is not a problem at this time, since I was installing
  identical Gutsy systems on a clean hard drive, it will prevent things
  such as testing Hardy alpha release installers, as doing so would wipe
  the data from my /home partition.

  Instead, debian-installer should have the ability to mount existing
  encrypted volume partitions in the same way that it does for
  unencrypted ones.  The "Configure encrypted volumes" menus should have
  the "Format it / Keep existing data" choice as normal partitions do.

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