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what can be the reason when a new kernel does not boot ?
As a paranoid admin I use crypted swap partitions, so my crypttab contains something like that:

swap /dev/sda2 /dev/random swap

Thats all right, nothing wrong with that. But why did the server not boot on recent kernels ?

It seems that in recent kernel versions there is not enough entropy available when crypttab early disks are run and as it is a server, no keyboard/mouse etc creates one. So, what happens: nothing. The server waits until enough entropy is available, which seems like forever…

Changing to /dev/urandom btw works, but is of course lesser save.

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6.04.2011 19:50 Sebastian J.

Hallo Daniel,

ich bin Sebastian J. (Student, 28, Uni Greifswald, jetzt in Berlin wohnend). Ich schreibe gerade meine Magisterarbeit über den Einsatz von Liquid Feedback in der Piratenpartei (vgl. auch demokratiepiraten.blogspot.com).

Ich bin dabei über Dein Liquid Analyze gestolpert: https://github.com/poelzi/liquid.analyze/wiki Ich hätte zu der Software einige Fragen und würde Sie erstmal verstehen lernen. Könntest Du mich einmal anrufen oder mir Deine Telefonnummer schicken, damit ich Dich anrufen kann?

Ganz herzlichen Dank!

Beste Grüße, Sebastian J. 0176 20336676

20.01.2012 03:50 justin

I love to readd poelzi.org ! <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yHeKVLBE-o>baby justin bieber</a>

24.01.2012 04:46 Lindsay

i love poelzi.org guys!! <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4AeXVCPHLc>Lindsay Lohan</a>

5.02.2012 22:07 prohormones

poelzi.org has good graphics
<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVfA9zpu6wQ>prohormones for sale</a>

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