[Bug 848782] [NEW] Serial console not enabled for passphrase prompt when using LUKS

[Robie Basak]

Public bug reported:

I am using http://ports.ubuntu.com/dists/oneiric/main/installer-
armel/current/images/omap4/netboot/ to install encrypted guided LVM over
the serial port. It installs but the installed bootloader does not have
"console=ttyO2,115200", causing the passphrase prompt to not appear on
reboot. This means that I cannot enter the passphrase so the system is
not bootable.

Workaround: edit the SD card FAT partition as follows:

 1. dd bs=1 skip=72 if=boot.scr of=boot.script
 2. Edit boot.script and add console=ttyO2,115200
 3. Run "mkimage -A arm -O linux -T script -C none -d boot.script boot.scr" (from the u-boot-tools package)

** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Serial console not enabled for passphrase prompt when using LUKS

Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I am using http://ports.ubuntu.com/dists/oneiric/main/installer-
  armel/current/images/omap4/netboot/ to install encrypted guided LVM
  over the serial port. It installs but the installed bootloader does
  not have "console=ttyO2,115200", causing the passphrase prompt to not
  appear on reboot. This means that I cannot enter the passphrase so the
  system is not bootable.

  Workaround: edit the SD card FAT partition as follows:

   1. dd bs=1 skip=72 if=boot.scr of=boot.script
   2. Edit boot.script and add console=ttyO2,115200
   3. Run "mkimage -A arm -O linux -T script -C none -d boot.script boot.scr" (from the u-boot-tools package)

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