On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 01:01:21PM +0200, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: > i'd like to know if there are any debian users on the list, who have tried > to integrate patching the kernel to kerneli or initrd generation with debian > usual mechanisms. > > currently my hackish solution integrates quite well with mkinitrd and > make-kpkg. i'm also using mcrypt to build an additional layer (so passwords > of loop devices can be changed indirectly). before i start to prepare > debian packages, i'd like to see how other debian users have done it. I use the kerneli patches under Debian, but do it really ugly. No "kpkg", no `mkinitrd`, I do all by hand. > another question: are there some pitfalls if i copy /vmlinuz to > /vmlinuz.pure, read the content /vmlinuz of via the filesystem calls and write > the content back via raw disc access to /vmlinuz.pure? the reason for doing > that is clear: i need a plaintext kernel image to boot. this solution would > be more convenient than adding a new 20mb partition for /boot. (of course > grub won't boot, but the simple lilo - working with block lists - would) I, personally, don't like encrypting my root filesystem. Instead, I encrypt sensitive data only. Easier to rescue, boot, backup, "tripwire", ... I would like to see more nice Debian packages. Good luck, -- Pav - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
