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On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 08:22:22PM -0500, Alex Corkwell wrote: |
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> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 07:34:52AM +1000, Hans wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > Is it possible to fully encrypt a Gentoo system as can be done with |
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> > Fedora, Suse, Arch Linux, Debian and Ubunto without using a unencrypted |
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> > USB boot stick or unencrypted /boot partition? |
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> > If yes, where can I find instructions that really work on a BIOS only |
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> > box without UEFI, EFI, systemd using EXT4 file system? |
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> > Hans |
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> I can confirm that it's entirely possible, as I've managed to do it with |
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> my laptop. |
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> I don't remember exactly how I did everything, but here are the main |
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> points of my setup. |
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> […] |
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Thank you very much for this documentation. I was about to start a thread |
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with this topic myself because I’m in the market for a new laptop before too |
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soon. But Hans beat me to it. |
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Since I will install an after-market SSD in it, I want to encrypt |
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everything. With a little luck, your information is all I need. I will |
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practice it in a VM. |
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@Neil: |
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you seem to know your way around booting with EFI. I don’t suppose you could |
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add your mustard (as we say here-abouts) regarding booting an encrypted |
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system with an EFI bootloader. I was hoping to quicken my boot procedure |
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because Grub seems slow to load and I find its UI to be not very responsive. |
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Cheers |
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Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’ |
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Please do not share anything from, with or about me on any social network. |
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You can’t fire me, slaves must be sold. |
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