[Bug 1067106] Re: /boot partition should be larger when using auto full-disk-encryption

[Mark Russell]

I'm assuming this is too late for Quantal.  I'm suggesting this change
for R.  Thanks.

** Tags removed: quantal

** Description changed:

  When choosing full disk encryption in the quantal version of Ubiquity,
  the resulting /boot partition seems small.
  
  In my test installation /boot came to 228MB.
  
  Assuming that each kernel+initrd comes to about 30MB, that doesn't leave
- too many kernel upgrades.  I'm not sure that would cover an 18 month
- support cycle.
+ much space for old kernels/initrds as kernel upgrades pile-up.  I'm not
+ sure that would cover an 18 month support cycle.
  
- Of course, one can clean out old kernels, but not everyone realizes
- that.  And at that size, it might take some savvy users by surprise.
+ Of course, one can clean out old kernels from /boot, but not everyone
+ realizes that.  And at that size, it might even take some savvy users by
+ surprise.
  
  My suggestion would be 512MB or higher.  Thanks.

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Title:
  possible to run out of space on /boot partition when installed using
  auto recipe & full-disk-encryption

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

Bug description:
  When choosing full disk encryption in the quantal version of Ubiquity,
  the resulting /boot partition seems small.

  In my test installation /boot came to 228MB.

  Assuming that each kernel+initrd comes to about 30MB, that doesn't
  leave much space for old kernels/initrds as kernel upgrades pile-up.
  I'm not sure that would cover an 18 month support cycle.

  Of course, one can clean out old kernels from /boot, but not everyone
  realizes that.  And at that size, it might even take some savvy users
  by surprise.

  My suggestion would be 512MB or higher.  Thanks.

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