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On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:31:00 -0600, Dale wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] |
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Re: Full disk encryption: |
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> I tried making a init thingy and after about 20 failed reboots, I |
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> scraped the idea. I was trying to follow the howto on the Gentoo |
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> wiki I think. The unofficial wiki. |
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I posted a couple of months ago that you should "watch this space" for a |
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small and simple initramfs solution. That still applies. |
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I have a working initramfs layout, but currently it is too large |
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(>32MiB) for my /boot partition. The problem package is e2fsprogs, as |
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it requires dynamic linkage and, consequently, a full-sized glibc. |
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This sucks, so I need to patch the Makefile(s) to build a more sensible |
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set of executables for an initramfs. |
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All of the code I have written myself compiles and links statically, |
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typically using klibc, so my finished code is tiny. |
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I haven't been working on this for a couple of months now, because the |
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need for it is not really pressing. The assertion that udev would |
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require /usr and /var (plus the kitchen sink) really soon is unfounded, |
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at least for those of us who run more elderly hardware. |
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Anyhow, when I'm finished there will be a zsh script that will build an |
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initramfs image, and even install it to /boot, with a single command. |
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Regards, |
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Dave [RLU #314465] |
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dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon) |
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