Dear Jan,
Thank you very much for your comments!
> > I wonder, in particular, how "system" directories like /var would be
> > kept on a gdbe partition.
>
> Much like any other, but the major issue is that, unlike /tmp/ and swap
> (which can be wiped clean when a machine boots with no ill effects),
> other partitions need to persist. That means you need to do one of two
> things:
> 1. Be available when the machine boots to enter the keys to mount the
> persistent partitions; or
That's fine, that's what I consider a secure solution.
> 2. Store those keys somewhere so the machine can do it for you.
> If you choose (2) then you might as well not use an encrypted partition;
Yes :-)
So at what stage of boot-up and how do I make the volumes available, prompting for the
necessary passphrase? Does not the boot process write into /var/log/* from the very
beginning?
With many thanks again for your help
and best regards,
David.
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