OpenMandrivaLx3.0 installation problem

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I’m trying to install OpenMandrivaLx3.0 starting from a live usb stick by pressing the InstallOpenMandriva Lx icon.

The hardware set-up is as follows:

  • /dev/sda : Windows disk, which can’t be altered.

  • /dev/sdb : Live OpenMandrivaLx3.0 usb stick.

  • /dev/sdc : Target disk for the new OpenMandrivaLx3.0 installation.

I prefer a LUKS encrypted installation.

When I enter the partition section of the installation program, I specify at the bottom of the configuration form:

Boot loader location: /dev/sdc

When the summary page is displayed at the end of the partition configuration step, the bottom line says:

Install boot loader on /dev/sda

Is this a bug in calamares? I don’t want to touch the installation on /dev/sda. I prefer to do the complete installation on /dev/sdc.

Regards,
Albert

2

I am not sure, but the version of calamares in Lx3.0 may not support LUKS.

3

The partitioning module of Calamares 2.4.5 requires KPMcore 2.2 or 2.2.1. Further distribution-specific deployment adjustments may be needed for full LUKS support, for more details see the Calamares wiki.

4

Under OpenMandrivaLx2014 I used the set-up where a small boot partition was not encrypted but the other partitions, /, home, swap, … were LUKS encrypted and the boot loader was placed on the /dev/sdc disk.

Is this set-up still possible with calamares and can you give me some pointers how it is done on OpenMandrivaLx3.0

Regards,
Albert

5

In cooker:

$ urpmq -i kpmcore
Name        : kpmcore
Version     : 2.2.1
Release     : 1
Group       : System/Libraries
Size        : 2406316                      Architecture: x86_64
Source RPM  : kpmcore-2.2.1-1.src.rpm
URL         : http://www.kde.org
Summary     : Library for managing partitions

$ urpmq -i calamares
Name        : calamares
Version     : 2.4.1
Release     : 1
Group       : System/Configuration/Other
Size        : 3937873                      Architecture: x86_64
Source RPM  : calamares-2.4.1-1.src.rpm
URL         : http://calamares.io/
Summary     : Distribution-independent installer framework

So I don’t know if calamares 2.4.1 works with LUKS. It may be, however I’ve never try.

6

Technically recent version of GRUB2 supports LUKS so a separate /boot partition is not mandatory, however many distro installer don’t support this yet so if you choice such a configuration you should install GRUB with the right options by hand in a second time (for instalce from a live system).

7

Or is it a bug in OpenMandriva’s Grub2? I’m thinking grub2 is what does this.

8

If your trying to install Lx 3.0 then the cooker packages are irrelevant. Here are the package versions on the official Lx 3.0 x86_64 (build ID 507) installer/iso.

$ rpm -qa kpmcore
kpmcore-2.2.1-1-omv2015.0.x86_64
$ rpm -qa calamares
calamares-2.3-8-omv2015.0.x86_64
$ rpm -qa cryptsetup
cryptsetup-1.7.2-2-omv2015.0.x86_64
$ rpm -qa grub2
grub2-2.02-1.beta3.6-omv2015.0.x86_64

So according to the Calamares wiki then LUKS should work. So failure is impossible…:laughing:

9

Those are indeed the package versions on my live USB stick producing the problem::slight_frown:

Perhaps a bug in the OpenMandrivaLx3.0 installation script ???

10

First my understanding of the problem is that LUKS encryption is working and the issue is that installer installs grub2 on /dev/sda instead of /dev/sdc?

If so it’s either a bug in installation script or grub2 script. Any way a bug report is in order here.

11

I opened bug report 1998.

Regards,
Albert

12

Great. Could you attach omv-bug-report-log to the bug report. This provides developers with a lot of helpful information.

About bug report logs.

13

I noticed that you already added this omv-bug-report-log to the bug report.

Thanks,
Albert

14

No, look under attachments, there is no bug report log attached. How could I attach your bug report log anyway? It needs to come from your computer and either the install .iso or operating system on your computer.

15

Sorry, I was a little bit confused. I thought that you wanted me to insert the link of this discussion into the 1998 bug report (see comment 2).

Now I realize that you want me to run the “omv-bug-report” script on my new installation. The problem is that there is not yet a new openMandrivaLx3.0 installation. Do you want me to run the “omv-bug-report” script on my active live openMandrivaLx3.0 USB stick?

Regards,
Albert

16

Yes, that would work.

17

Done.