Hello there, Let's move back to the initial questions... I'd like to use a plain version of dm-crypt because it doesn't store a header on a disk. (Yes, I know that LUKS is a recommended way, but I've already made my choice.) I haven't found any guides to the plain version that's why I decided to ask first. Here is what I'm going to do: (These notes are based on this guide [1]. I'm using a LiveUSB.) 1. Overwrite a hard disk: # dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda bs=1M 2. Create partitions: # fdisk /dev/sda Here is my partition scheme: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 2048 206847 102400 83 Linux /dev/sda2 206848 2303999 1048576 82 Linux /dev/sda3 2304000 312581807 155138904 83 Linux * /dev/sda1 -- /boot; * /dev/sda2 -- swap; * /dev/sda3 -- the rest. When can I create the filesystems? Can I do it at this step? 3. Mapping partitions: # cryptsetup -y -c aes-xts-plain -s 512 create swap /dev/sda2 # cryptsetup -y -c aes-xts-plain -s 512 create main /dev/sda3 After this step the guide [1] suggests to unlock LUKS partitions: # cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/<partitions name> <device-mapper name> How to do it using the plain version of dm-crypt? Is it even necessary? 4. Encrypting the swap partition with suspend-to-disk support: How to do it using the plain version? What else should be done to finish the configuration? [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt_with_LUKS Thanks _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
