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On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 11:59:48PM -0700, Richard Fish wrote: |
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> If you want to get started on this before your new laptop arrives, I |
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> suggest starting with the initramfs and encrypting swap only. You |
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> should be able to create an initramfs that will setup the mapping and |
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> do the swapon before your root filesystem mounts. Once you have that |
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> working, and are comfortable with how the initramfs works, you can |
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> move on to your root filesystem. |
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Thanks Richard, that sounds like sound advice. Creating the initramfs at |
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first glance seems difficult. But after a little more reading, maybe not |
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to bad. By working with only swap to begin with, I _should_ be limited |
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to minimal damage. |
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festus |
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In all the millions of years dinosaurs roamed this planet, did any of |
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them feel the need to invent, say, nuclear weapons? Mickeyz |
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