-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/08/07 01:30, Peter Kay wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to become a new debian user, and am still kinda fuzzy on > where the best place to go for FAQs and help are, so bear with me... > > I'm trying to set up my laptop with debian on an encrypted / partition > (and I'll have encrypted swap, too). I would like the encryption key > to be stored on an encrypted USB drive that can boot enough of the > system to run debian. So I want to need 2 things to boot: the USB > stick (which will be bootable and take control from the OS) and a > passphrase to unencrypt the USB drive. > > I had found a FAQ on how to do this a long time ago, but my desktop > died, so I lost the link. Searching recently, I found what seemed to be > an appropriate link to it (using google) on http://debianhelp.org/, but that > website seemed to be down, so I'm not sure where to go. > > In the meantime, of course, the cat ate my power cable (again), so my > laptop is currently DOA and I lost my 1st attempt to post this, but once > I get a replacement adapter, I'd like to get debian up and running! > > Does anyone know of a mirror to debianhelp.org, or what happened to it? > > Is there a different FAQ I should be using? > > Thanks all, and I hope to soon join you in debian-land.
http://luks.endorphin.org/ Install cryptsetup and read /usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/CryptoRoot.HowTo. Slightly OT, but do you *really* need /boot, /usr, /bin, etc, to be encrypted? ISTM that only /home, /tmp & swap files/partitions (and /var?) need be partitioned. That way, you could still boot the machine and do maintenance if you misplaced your dongle. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Your mistletoe is no match for my TOW missile." Santa-bot -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHWtg0S9HxQb37XmcRAqQuAJ4pyHVoxZOsFuwjOwrF9/xYuFq2hgCgiU07 Npaiu9s9AenYIphLMjUyfZg= =Ivaw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
