On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 08:22:22PM -0500, Alex Corkwell wrote: > On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 07:34:52AM +1000, Hans wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is it possible to fully encrypt a Gentoo system as can be done with > > Fedora, Suse, Arch Linux, Debian and Ubunto without using a unencrypted > > USB boot stick or unencrypted /boot partition? > > > > If yes, where can I find instructions that really work on a BIOS only > > box without UEFI, EFI, systemd using EXT4 file system? > > > > Hans > > I can confirm that it's entirely possible, as I've managed to do it with > my laptop. > I don't remember exactly how I did everything, but here are the main > points of my setup. > […]
Thank you very much for this documentation. I was about to start a thread with this topic myself because I’m in the market for a new laptop before too soon. But Hans beat me to it. Since I will install an after-market SSD in it, I want to encrypt everything. With a little luck, your information is all I need. I will practice it in a VM. @Neil: you seem to know your way around booting with EFI. I don’t suppose you could add your mustard (as we say here-abouts) regarding booting an encrypted system with an EFI bootloader. I was hoping to quicken my boot procedure because Grub seems slow to load and I find its UI to be not very responsive. Cheers -- Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’ Please do not share anything from, with or about me on any social network. You can’t fire me, slaves must be sold.
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