[Bug 1174659] Re: Manual partitioning doesn't allow multiple partitions within encrypted volume

[Aaron Whitehouse]

** Description changed:

  I use Full-Disk Encryption. It does not seem possible to set up multiple
  partitions within the encrypted area through the "Something else" manual
- partitioner.
+ partitioner on either 12.10 or 13.04 (or any of the earlier releases).
  
  It is possible to create a "Physical area for encrypted partitions" (I'm
  not 100% on the wording), but as far as I can establish, you can only
  put one partition into that "area" - the "+" button is greyed out once
  one has been added.
  
  I also have Windows 7 on the machine, so I can't use the automatic set-
  up. What I wanted to do was set up an encrypted "area" (is this an LVM
  partition?) that I unlock with a passphrase on boot and then, within
  that, have my Swap, / and Home partitions.
  
  I managed to get something working by:
  1) Choose "Something Else"
  2) Add a small ext4 /boot/ partition (I did 500mb, but I think that was too big - I missed this step the first time and it errored out in a horrible way)
  3) Make the rest of the free space a "Encrypted physical volume" or whatever it is called at the bottom of the list - this prompts you for a passphrase.
  4) This adds a new section at the top of the list of partitions with a default ext4 partition that you can make /
  5) Click install and ignore the warnings about no swap space
  
  See also
  https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+question/216356
  which deals with both this manual partitioning point and also the
  ability to do this automatically alongside another OS (which is the
  subject of a separate bug report (Bug #1083038)).

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Title:
  Manual partitioning doesn't allow multiple partitions within encrypted
  volume

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I use Full-Disk Encryption. It does not seem possible to set up
  multiple partitions within the encrypted area through the "Something
  else" manual partitioner on either 12.10 or 13.04 (or any of the
  earlier releases).

  It is possible to create a "Physical area for encrypted partitions"
  (I'm not 100% on the wording), but as far as I can establish, you can
  only put one partition into that "area" - the "+" button is greyed out
  once one has been added.

  I also have Windows 7 on the machine, so I can't use the automatic
  set-up. What I wanted to do was set up an encrypted "area" (is this an
  LVM partition?) that I unlock with a passphrase on boot and then,
  within that, have my Swap, / and Home partitions.

  I managed to get something working by:
  1) Choose "Something Else"
  2) Add a small ext4 /boot/ partition (I did 500mb, but I think that was too big - I missed this step the first time and it errored out in a horrible way)
  3) Make the rest of the free space a "Encrypted physical volume" or whatever it is called at the bottom of the list - this prompts you for a passphrase.
  4) This adds a new section at the top of the list of partitions with a default ext4 partition that you can make /
  5) Click install and ignore the warnings about no swap space

  See also
  https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+question/216356
  which deals with both this manual partitioning point and also the
  ability to do this automatically alongside another OS (which is the
  subject of a separate bug report (Bug #1083038)).

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