On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 12:31:14PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 02:59:14PM -0400, Federico Grau wrote: > > Package: grub-common > > Version: 1.96+20080413-1 > > Severity: normal > > > > I am using loop-aes (via loop-aes-modules-2.6.24-1-686 and > > loop-aes-utils) for an encrypted root filesystem. > > > > However, I can not update to a new kernel (automatically) because grub > > cannot figure out which drive my encrypted partition is on. > > > > donfede > > > > ########## > > # > > # relevant command output > > # > > bwing:~# df -h > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > /dev/sda2 73G 2.6G 67G 4% / > > tmpfs 494M 0 494M 0% /lib/init/rw > > udev 10M 108K 9.9M 2% /dev > > tmpfs 494M 0 494M 0% /dev/shm > > bwing:~# mount > > /dev/sda2 on / type ext3 > > (rw,loop=/dev/loop0,gpgkey=/boot/kf_root_bwing_2008-04-20.gpg,encryption=AES256) > > If your /boot is encrypted, how is GRUB supposed to access it? >
grub is on my usb stick (not encrypted, vfat). I have no seperate /boot partition, only a single / (root) partition which is all encrypted via loop-aes. My approach was to run grub (updating / ), then copy /boot from / to the usb drive. regards, donfede -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]