Why multiple LUKS containers? #39

If you enter multiple encrypted partitions, then it prompts for different passwords for each partition, meaning seperate LUKS containers for each partition. This is typically a mistake.

You'd usually want exactly one LUKS container, and hence one password, which then contains several LVM containers. Debian installers do this by default when you request multiple encrypted partitions.

I've found some discussion of doing this manually at https://kennyballou.com/blog/2025/05/installing-guix/index.html and https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Mapped-Devices.html but another concern is the graphical installer does not give one parallel access to the shell, and the command line installer seems extremely hard to use.

Are there any reaosnable work arounds? It's maybe easier to install Debian so the disk can be setup correctly, but leave one partition inside the encrypted LVM where guix can be installed later?