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PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2024 2:59 pm    Post subject: [SOLVED] dracut cannot decrypt LUKS LVM but boots fine Reply with quote

I get this error on boot:

Code:
dracut Warning: Could not boot.
dracut Warning: /dev/mapper/gentoovm-root does not exist


and then I'm dropped in a dracut shell. I run these commands:

Code:
dracut:/# cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/nvmXXXp2 gentoovm --key-file /boot/volume.key
dracut:/# exit


Upon exiting, the system detects everything and boots pefectly. So it's not performing the luksOpen.

Code:

/dev/nvmXXXp1  is /boot/efi/
/dev/nvmXXXp2:  1234
gentoovm: 9999
gentoovm-root 0000

/etc/default/grub:
GRUB_CMDLINE_DEFAULT="root=UUID=0000 rd.luks.uuid=1234 rd.lvm.vg=gentoovm"

/etc/dracut.conf.d/10-crypt.conf:
install_items+=" /boot/volume.key /etc/crypttab "
add_dracutmodules+=" lvm crypt dm "

/etc/crypttab:
gentoovm UUID=1234 /boot/volume.key luks

/etc/portage/package.use:
sys-fs/lvm2 lvm
sys-boot/grub:2 device-mapper


Additionally I ran
Code:
rc-update add lvm boot


what am I doing wrong?


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2024 4:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I assume same problem as here: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1169994-highlight-.html
The --install "/boot/volume.key /etc/crypttab" still works. But I assume that it will still have other problems. Since dracut is now (like systemd) ignoring most of the time the crypttab entirely.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 20, 2024 1:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks a lot, I'm trying UGRD now but it's hard to find info on the format for using a key-file

Code:

modules = [
"ugrd.kmod.standard_mask",
"ugrd.crypto.cryptsetup",
"ugrd.fs.lvm",
]

kmod_autodetect_lspci = true
kmod_autodetect_lsmod = true

[cryptsetup.gentoovm]
uuid = "..."
key_file = "/boot/volume.key"

[copies.key]
source = "/boot/volume.key"
destination = "/boot/volume.key"


This is as far as I got, but it's wrong. I'm not sure where to go from here.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 20, 2024 3:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is your key-file on an unencrypted device?
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 20, 2024 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use grub to decrypt the hard disk, but the initramfs needs to remount as root. So then I add the key file to luks.

See

https://docs.voidlinux.org/installation/guides/fde.html
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 20, 2024 6:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK guys finally got this working, see this thread

https://github.com/desultory/ugrd/issues/21
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 21, 2024 7:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kind_gentooman wrote:
I use grub to decrypt the hard disk, but the initramfs needs to remount as root. So then I add the key file to luks.

See

https://docs.voidlinux.org/installation/guides/fde.html


In the linked guide the ESP is mounted to /boot/efi. And your infos in the first post show that the first partition is mounted to /boot. Assuming that the first partition is the ESP then your initramfs and /boot/volume.key are not encrypted whereas in the linked guide the initramfs and key are encrypted because they reside on the encrypted /.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 21, 2024 8:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks I made a typo and corrected it.

first partition is /boot/efi/ which is FAT. /boot is on / and is encrypted
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