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On 2 January 2016 12:01:08 GMT+00:00, Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de> wrote: |
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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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> > > |
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> > > Is it possible to fully encrypt a Gentoo system as can be done |
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> with |
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> > > Fedora, Suse, Arch Linux, Debian and Ubunto without using a |
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> unencrypted |
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> > > USB boot stick or unencrypted /boot partition? |
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> > > |
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> > > If yes, where can I find instructions that really work on a BIOS |
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> only |
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> > > box without UEFI, EFI, systemd using EXT4 file system? |
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> > > |
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> > > Hans |
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> > |
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> > I can confirm that it's entirely possible, as I've managed to do it |
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> 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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> |
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> Thank you very much for this documentation. I was about to start a |
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> thread |
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> with this topic myself because I’m in the market for a new laptop |
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> 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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> |
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> @Neil: |
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> you seem to know your way around booting with EFI. I don’t suppose you |
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> could |
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> add your mustard (as we say here-abouts) regarding booting an |
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> encrypted |
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> system with an EFI bootloader. I was hoping to quicken my boot |
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> procedure |
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> because Grub seems slow to load and I find its UI to be not very |
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> responsive. |
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> |
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> Cheers |
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> -- |
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> Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’ |
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> Please do not share anything from, with or about me on any social |
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> network. |
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> |
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> You can’t fire me, slaves must be sold. |
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I use systemd's version of gummiboot with /boot on the ESP. Everything else is on a single btrfs filesystem, on a luks-encrypted partition and dracut takes care of everything. I don't have my laptop with me, but I'll post the dracut options I use later. |
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