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[Robert Czechowski <2107507@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

In the Kubuntu 25.04 beta installation process, the calamares installer
strongly suggest to encrypt the boot partition when trying a setup like
this in the manual partitioning process:

/ encrypted 
/boot uncrypted

As of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/2105924
encrypting the boot partition is not supported in Ubuntu / Kubuntu.

The strong suggestion to encrypt the boot partition will probably
confuse a lot of users and lead to unbootable systems (as it did for me)
and should therefore be disabled.

Calamares has a simple configuration option that can be used to disable
the warning:

In partition.conf:

# Show not encrypted boot partition warning.
#
# When set to false, this option does not show the
# "Boot partition not encrypted" warning when encrypting the
# root partition but not /boot partition.
#
# If nothing is specified, the warning is shown.
#showNotEncryptedBootMessage:   true

Kubuntu 25.04 should enable that setting and disable the warning for
unencrypted boot partitions.

** Affects: calamares (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Kubuntu 25.04 beta: Installer suggest encrypting the boot partition
  even though it is not supported

Status in calamares package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  In the Kubuntu 25.04 beta installation process, the calamares
  installer strongly suggest to encrypt the boot partition when trying a
  setup like this in the manual partitioning process:

  / encrypted 
  /boot uncrypted

  As of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/2105924
  encrypting the boot partition is not supported in Ubuntu / Kubuntu.

  The strong suggestion to encrypt the boot partition will probably
  confuse a lot of users and lead to unbootable systems (as it did for
  me) and should therefore be disabled.

  Calamares has a simple configuration option that can be used to
  disable the warning:

  In partition.conf:

  # Show not encrypted boot partition warning.
  #
  # When set to false, this option does not show the
  # "Boot partition not encrypted" warning when encrypting the
  # root partition but not /boot partition.
  #
  # If nothing is specified, the warning is shown.
  #showNotEncryptedBootMessage:   true

  Kubuntu 25.04 should enable that setting and disable the warning for
  unencrypted boot partitions.

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