[Bug 247153] [NEW] Volume group containing encrypted root not initialized if device is slow to appear

[Gaspar Sinai]

Public bug reported:

I installed ubuntu 8.0.4 to a USB flash drive. I have a volume group
that contains encrypted root and swap logical volumes.  On some machines
the USB drive appears later than initramfs:/scripts/local-top/cryptroot
enters /conf/conf.d/cryptroot.

As a hack I put in a 10 seconds delay:

*** scripts/local-top/cryptroot-        2008-07-09 00:26:36.000000000 +0900
--- scripts/local-top/cryptroot 2008-07-09 00:27:14.000000000 +0900
***************
*** 271,274 ****
--- 271,275 ----
  # Do we have any settings from the /conf/conf.d/cryptroot file?
  if [ -r /conf/conf.d/cryptroot ]; then
+       sleep 10
        while read mapping; do
                setup_mapping "$mapping"

This is only temporary, a better solution could be to wait in
activate_vg for the device to appear before setting up the volume group,
just like https://launchpad.net/bugs/85640.

If you can provide a patch that is better than this I could try it out.
I will be offline for 3 weeks.

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Volume group containing encrypted root not initialized if device is slow to appear
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