Re: Demand for LUKS password blocks boot

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Robert Nichols wrote:
> In my Fedora 12 system, if an external LUKS encrypted volume happens to be
> connected to the system while it is booting, the boot sequence blocks
> waiting for the password.  This means that my system cannot boot unattended
> (perhaps following a power failure) if an encrypted external drive happens
> to be connected.  This is completely unacceptable.  How can I get the
> system to ignore this unnecessary external volume during boot?  This could
> be any random device, so I can't set up a rule to ignore specific device
> identifiers.
> 
Hum, I expected an answer on this one, guess I'm not the only one with no "fits 
all cases" answer. The only solution I found was to rewrite hal rules not to 
auto-mount anything of any nature, which is ugly but better than fail to boot.

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