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On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:49:50 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: |
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> I see. What I do is to embed the initramfs into the kernel image. |
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Ah yes, I'd forgotten about that option. |
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> Works |
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> fine as long as everything you need to setup / is compiled into the |
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> kernel statically. There's also one scenario where separating / |
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> and /boot has a clear advantage: Laptops with complete HD encryption. |
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> The only partition you can leave unencrypted is the small /boot, |
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> everything else can be encrypted (which means, you only need the |
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> passphrase for the / volume, everything else can be unlocked via |
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> keyfiles stored on this partition/volume. |
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That's a very good point, although I have /home and swap encrypted, being |
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able to encrypt /etc would be useful, especially on my laptop. |
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> Oh, my scripts will reach you soon. |
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Got them, thanks. I'll take a look later. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Sussh. Be vewwy quiet, I'm hunting tagwines. hahahahah. |
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