> after 4 hours on the netbook a kernel with a single modification > (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m) does the job for kubuntu jaunty jackalope 32bit. > The next step would be full disk encryption using the initrd tools. > It would be fine if ubuntu offered a kernel with CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m. Any > chance? > I guess we're all a bit spoiled these days and hate recompiling kernels, but it's only a nuisance. I once asked on the Puppy linux forum if they would build the loop driver as a loadable module instead of compiling it into the kernel, and got no response. This was after a I spent a few hours recompiling the Puppy kernel, rebuilding the initrd and remastering the iso to produce a Puppy with loop-aes. More work than it was worth, though it was an interesting project, which is why I guess I did it: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=18103 Damnsmallllinux has my loop-aes 3.x extension in the repo; this works and is a reasonably current version, however DSL itself is fairly old software now but at least it's a lot smaller than Knoppix and will run on very old hardware. I'm told that TinyCore linux intend to build loop.ko in the future instead of compiling it into the kernel. - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
