Hi,
Is there a way I can have the install done on an encrypted (luks) /? I didn't see any encryption options during the partitioning.
Install on encrypted partitions?
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Install on encrypted partitions?
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Re: Install on encrypted partitions?
+1 I'm really excited about this project, and I'm willing to give 32-bit with a PAE kernel a try for now. But I definitely need either to use LUKS or the encrypted home directory method of keeping my data safe.
I'm sure there are ways to do this, so it'll just be a matter of figuring them out or someone sharing them.
I'm sure there are ways to do this, so it'll just be a matter of figuring them out or someone sharing them.
Re: Install on encrypted partitions?
To have your /home partition encrypted is trivial, have a look here:michaelzap wrote:+1 I'm really excited about this project, and I'm willing to give 32-bit with a PAE kernel a try for now. But I definitely need either to use LUKS or the encrypted home directory method of keeping my data safe.
I'm sure there are ways to do this, so it'll just be a matter of figuring them out or someone sharing them.
http://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/2008/05/en ... using.html or
http://www.hermann-uwe.de/blog/howto-di ... and-debian
There are really a lot of examples on the internets.
As for the PAE, if it bugs you, you can always try to install a 64bit kernel from Debian Testing.
Re: Install on encrypted partitions?
The graphical portion of the Linux Mint installer doesn't offer this option like OpenSUSE does. But it should be possible to drop into a shell to run the necessary commands to set up encrypted root (or any other encrypted filesystem) before the installer tries to partition or to copy over the system files. For these commands, you can follow just about any LUKS whole-disk encryption setup guide.
Note that TrueCrypt cannot encrypt the Linux root filesystem.HaTeMe wrote:TrueCrypt inside of the Installer would be cool.
Re: Install on encrypted partitions?
And it also has licensing problems. I don't think TrueCrypt is really an option for linux users, from a philosophical point of view.noah++ wrote:Note that TrueCrypt cannot encrypt the Linux root filesystem.HaTeMe wrote:TrueCrypt inside of the Installer would be cool.
Luks and ecryptfs are nice enough to not need anything else.
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Re: Install on encrypted partitions?
For some reason I hadn't noticed this reply before. Thanks for the links. What I'll probably want to do, however, is dual-boot Win7 (encrypted with TrueCrypt) and LMDE (with all data on a LUKS LVM, so that swap and tmp are also protected). I've seen some Debian tutorials for doing this, so I think LMDE will work just as well. For example:Nuxro wrote:To have your /home partition encrypted is trivial, have a look here:michaelzap wrote:+1 I'm really excited about this project, and I'm willing to give 32-bit with a PAE kernel a try for now. But I definitely need either to use LUKS or the encrypted home directory method of keeping my data safe.
I'm sure there are ways to do this, so it'll just be a matter of figuring them out or someone sharing them.
http://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/2008/05/en ... using.html or
http://www.hermann-uwe.de/blog/howto-di ... and-debian
There are really a lot of examples on the internets.
As for the PAE, if it bugs you, you can always try to install a 64bit kernel from Debian Testing.
http://ruleant.blogspot.com/2009/11/how ... -boot.html
http://www.redmezzanine.com/?p=92&lang=en
Now I just need a few free hours to give it a try...
Re: Install on encrypted partitions?
Dropping into a shell is possible, but I didn't find a way in LMDE installer to install on a LVM volume, I just could select real partitions.noah++ wrote:The graphical portion of the Linux Mint installer doesn't offer this option like OpenSUSE does. But it should be possible to drop into a shell to run the necessary commands to set up encrypted root (or any other encrypted filesystem) before the installer tries to partition or to copy over the system files. For these commands, you can follow just about any LUKS whole-disk encryption setup guide.
After some days I got it working anyway I installed LMDE in a VM and rsynced the files to my system booted with the live DVD. Before you have to prepare and mount the encrypted LVM volume. For that you can stick to the tutorials on the net. After rsync you still have to do the chroot stuff like installing grub, adopting initramfs and so on. That steps should be in the tutorials, too.