Short version: The siduction install says it is successful, but my new (Lenovo T540p) laptop cannot boot from its SSD.
Longer version: I followed the instructions at the top of
http://manual.siduction.org/hd-install-crypt to create a LVM volume and inside that an unencrypted boot volume plus an encrypted volume to hold /, home/ and data/ . I have done this a couple of times before with sidux and aptosid, so I think I got it right but here is the info just to make sure:
root@siduction:/home/siducer# lvs -v
DEGRADED MODE. Incomplete RAID LVs will be processed.
Finding all logical volumes
LV VG #Seg Attr LSize Maj Min KMaj KMin Pool Origin Data% Meta% Move Cpy%Sync Log Convert LV UUID LProfile
boot T540p 1 -wi-a----- 252.00m -1 -1 253 0 P1gjSR-9Fpw-F5sw-Y2wO-BdwT-x7BI-NEezyI
notboot T540p 1 -wi-ao---- 476.50g -1 -1 253 1 r7cm1N-GMWI-d17f-5ZM2-9G3m-bPO9-u1rNRj
data stuff 1 -wi-a----- 399.50g -1 -1 253 6 pHREY8-IyXY-acId-Fd9m-bPMv-KJrE-zBucV7
home stuff 1 -wi-a----- 4.50g -1 -1 253 5 Bc7lS2-zs8F-v0Ai-RrPT-ze4A-aM3n-yNGrUH
root stuff 1 -wi-a----- 70.00g -1 -1 253 4 43k2pD-bnKd-UjVv-MUN0-Cflw-T1gN-WmTHSm
swap stuff 1 -wi-a----- 2.00g -1 -1 253 3 kQI1xC-yGUE-auzk-RMc4-ncVJ-n2sE-sQhcy2
root@siduction:/home/siducer# parted -l /dev/sda
Model: ATA SAMSUNG MZ7TE512 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 512GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: pmbr_boot
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 512GB 512GB
Model: Generic Flash Disk (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 2056MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 778kB 2056MB 2055MB primary
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/stuff-home: 4832MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 4832MB 4832MB ext4
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/stuff-data: 429GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 429GB 429GB ext4
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/stuff-swap: 2147MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 2147MB 2147MB linux-swap(v1)
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/stuff-root: 75.2GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 75.2GB 75.2GB ext4
Error: /dev/mapper/notboot: unrecognised disk label
Model: Linux device-mapper (crypt) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/notboot: 512GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/T540p-boot: 264MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 264MB 264MB ext4
Error: /dev/mapper/T540p-notboot: unrecognised disk label
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/T540p-notboot: 512GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:
However, when I go to boot, it just falls through the internal disk to the next boot option without doing anything. I have changed everything (I think) in the BIOS Setup to favor traditional mechanisms (disable Secure Boot, disable UEFI in favor of Legacy Mode, disable Microsoft "optimizations", etc.).
If I put in the siduction CD, the boot menu comes up. If I choose option #3 "Boot from hard disk", it just says something like "Booting from hard disk" and then hangs. If I instead choose F4 -> Hard disk -> /dev/sda1, it says "Probing devices [sda1]" a few times, then fails to find root with the message "module ehci-orion not found in modules.dep". In initramfs, I can execute lvm commands, and it looks fine.
I also have the HDD from my old laptop (whose motherboard died) in a USB enclosure that I can boot from, which brings me to grub 2.x text mode. I got rid of everything (which was aptosid stuff) under its boot/ volume and copied into it everything from the boot/ volume on the SSD. This also fails to boot. However, if I go to the grub command line I can do "ls (hd0,1)" and "ls (hd0,2)", both of which say "uncrecognized file sysrtem". But the unusual thing is that if I do "ls lvm/vg-boot" or "ls lvm/vg-crypt", it recognizes those as LVM volumes on the USB disk but does not recognize "lvm/T540p-boot" or "lvm/T540p-notboot" as LVM volumes on the SSD.
I have tried many of the suggestions at the top of
http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/bios.html . I also tried booting in UEFI mode. I think the next thing I will try is "crypt with traditional partitioning methods" at the bottom of
http://manual.siduction.org/hd-install-crypt. But I wanted to first ask if anyone spotted a mistake I made or has successfully managed to get LUKS working with a recent SSD and / or Lenovo laptop?