* ghostviewer <ghostviewer@xxxxxx> wrote: > >So until the end of the month I'm looking for any questions about > >loop-AES not covered by the fine loop-AES.README or the FAQ. > FAQ 17: Which distros include loop-AES? > > Perhaps you can point to some source of information about how to > set up a maschine using this distro's precompiled packages. Maybe > even to a step-by-step-HOWTO about setting up a laptop computer > with loop-aes full disc encryption and external boot device. I > could only find LUKS/dm-crypt based ones. And of course geli(8) > based. ;o) I'm working on that, Slackware based only though, to a large extend, but with the stuff provided one should be able to get work from there. I cannot encompasse every distro out there (certainly not SuSE), but the principle is always the same. Also, experience shows that most troubles come from booting the system, rather than from encryption troubles. We'll see :) > Imho the README is fine for linuxfromscratch.org users. Quote from > part 4 (after patch-configure-make-install util-linux ): > >> Debian users may want to put mount package on hold like this: ...<< > ¡No! Debian users apt-got (apt-get'ed?) their well maintained .debs. If you feel your distro benefits from such feedback, please contact relevant mailinglists as well. > FAQ 20: What about logical volumes (lvm) and loop-AES? > > Gentoo-wiki link is dead (404) I know, and saldy there's nothing I can do about it. They opted to have everything rewritten from scratch instead of keeping good and valued articles. When I find/get a new link I'll of course add it. Thanks for your feedback. -- left blank, right bald loop-AES FAQ: http://mareichelt.de/pub/texts.loop-aes.php#faq
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