dmcrypt + update to kernel 2.6.20-16 fails

I can confirm this bug. Updating from 2.6.20-15 to 2.6.20-16 breaks luks/dmcrypt. I my test setup I used a partition that gets decrypted while booting ("Starting early crypto disks"). With 2.6.20-16 the kernel does not recognize the partition and drops with errors into single user mode.

If I remember correctly when installing the crypto stuff a new personal initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic was created for supporting the crypto stuff, probably this step is missing when updating the kernel. This should definitely be done automatically.

Lutz, Casper:
Can you post the output of
lspci
and
cat /etc/fstab
in 2.6.20-15?

My fstab creates a cryptdrive that is symlinked e.g. from /home/ccm, /tmp and /var/spool

Casper:
Thanks. You're seeing fallout from Bug #116996 (your IDE controller is a ICH4). I guess dmcrypt+LUKS configuration files have /dev/sd?? references inside them rather than UUIDs so when your partitions were renamed they could no longer be found...

Sitsofe, you are totally right, it's about hda/sda stuff. Feel free to mark this bug as duplicate (I heard you shouldn't mark your bug reports :). Thanks for the hint!

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