On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 00:44:18 +, David W Noon wrote:
> The reason for that working is that the fsck command loads fsck.ext2,
> not e2fsck. That used to be a symlink to e2fsck, but these days it is
> a separate copy (byte-for-byte identical).
Doh!
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Neil Bothwick
Does fuzzy logic tickle?
On Fri, 2 Dec 2011 23:24:29 +, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re:
[gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption:
[snip]
> Busybox does have an fsck, it doesn't recognise the filesystem type,
> you have to give it as an argument. A quick Google suggest that it
> does indeed pass the wor
On Fri, 2 Dec 2011 22:00:18 +, David W Noon wrote:
> > Now it makes sense, but can't you use busybox fsck?
>
> AFAIAA, busybox does not have an fsck command. If it did, it would
> only be a transparent loader for filesystem-specific programs, such as
> e2fsck or reiserfsck; this is how the
On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 14:03:18 +, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re:
[gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption:
> On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:43:01 +, David W Noon wrote:
[snip]
> > I need to fsck / before I mount /usr, /var and everything else.
>
> Now it makes sense, but can't
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:58 PM, David W Noon wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Dec 2011 08:55:35 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote about Re:
> [gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption:
>
>> On Dec 1, 2011 3:32 AM, "David W Noon" wrote:
>> > I have a working initramfs layout, but curr
On Fri, 2 Dec 2011 08:55:35 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote about Re:
[gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption:
> On Dec 1, 2011 3:32 AM, "David W Noon" wrote:
> > I have a working initramfs layout, but currently it is too large
> > (>32MiB) for my /boot partition. The
On Dec 1, 2011 3:32 AM, "David W Noon" wrote:
>
- >8 snip
>
> I have a working initramfs layout, but currently it is too large
> (>32MiB) for my /boot partition. The problem package is e2fsprogs, as
> it requires dynamic linkage and, consequently, a full-sized glibc.
> This sucks, so I need
On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 11:41:50 -0500, Michael Mol wrote about Re:
[gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption:
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 8:23 PM, David W Noon
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:39:11 -0500, Michael Mol wrote about "Re:
> > [gentoo-user] Re: Full disk enc
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 8:23 PM, David W Noon wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:39:11 -0500, Michael Mol wrote about "Re:
> [gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption":
>
> [snip]
>>Stupid question...Would using LZMA and a tarball reduce the size of
>>your initeamfs?
&
On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:13:24 -0600, Dale wrote:
> >> I need to fsck / before I mount /usr, /var and everything else.
> > Now it makes sense, but can't you use busybox fsck?
> >
> >
>
> I thought the file system was mounted ro, then the file system checks
> done, then remounted rw and boot co
Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:43:01 +, David W Noon wrote:
I understand that, but not why you need to run e2fsck before the
switch_root. Is this to do with the way your system is set up? The
object of the initramfs is only to get the system into a state where /
can be mounted a
On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:43:01 +, David W Noon wrote:
> >I understand that, but not why you need to run e2fsck before the
> >switch_root. Is this to do with the way your system is set up? The
> >object of the initramfs is only to get the system into a state where /
> >can be mounted and switch_ro
On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 08:47:27 +, Neil Bothwick wrote about "Re:
[gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption":
>On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 00:27:06 +, David W Noon wrote:
[snip]
>> Unfortunately, the system does not work that way. When running
>> inside an initramfs, one canno
On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 00:27:06 +, David W Noon wrote:
> > Why not mount root read-only, just like in a non-initramfs system?
> >
> > Any e2fsck commands will be run during the boot runlevel, before
> > remounting root rw.
>
> Unfortunately, the system does not work that way. When running ins
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:39:11 -0500, Michael Mol wrote about "Re:
[gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption":
[snip]
>Stupid question...Would using LZMA and a tarball reduce the size of
>your initeamfs?
Not really. I am already using gzip -9, and binaries don't compress
espec
Stupid question...Would using LZMA and a tarball reduce the size of your
initeamfs?
ZZ
On Nov 30, 2011 7:30 PM, "David W Noon" wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:26:56 +, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re:
> [gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption:
>
> > On Wed, 30 Nov 201
David W Noon wrote:
This might be one of Dale's problems, if he was trying to use commands
from the root filesystem within the initramfs.
I don't think that was the issue. I had nano, busybox and that was it.
Basically, I just wanted it to be able to load enough that it could boot
even if
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:26:56 +, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re:
[gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption:
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:07:35 +, David W Noon wrote:
>
> > > Why do you need e2fsprogs on an initramfs?
> >
> > One needs e2fsck to do a "preen
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:07:35 +, David W Noon wrote:
> > Why do you need e2fsprogs on an initramfs?
>
> One needs e2fsck to do a "preen" prior to mounting the required
> volume(s).
Why not mount root read-only, just like in a non-initramfs system?
Any e2fsck commands will be run during the
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:47:33 +, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re:
[gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption:
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:28:28 +, David W Noon wrote:
>
> > I have a working initramfs layout, but currently it is too large
> > (>32MiB) for my /boot partition. T
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:28:28 +, David W Noon wrote:
> I have a working initramfs layout, but currently it is too large
> (>32MiB) for my /boot partition. The problem package is e2fsprogs, as
> it requires dynamic linkage and, consequently, a full-sized glibc.
Why do you need e2fsprogs on a
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:19:51 +0100, czernitko wrote:
> I wonder whether it is posible to simply resize the dm-crypt encrypted
> partition? Or do I have to create new, bigger partition with required
> size and move the data?
Enlarge the partition then use cryptsetup resize to enlarge the encrypted
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:31:00 -0600, Dale wrote about Re: [gentoo-user]
Re: Full disk encryption:
[snip]
> I tried making a init thingy and after about 20 failed reboots, I
> scraped the idea. I was trying to follow the howto on the Gentoo
> wiki I think. The unofficial wiki.
I posted
I wonder whether it is posible to simply resize the dm-crypt encrypted
partition? Or do I have to create new, bigger partition with required size
and move the data?
Peter
Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:31:00 -0600, Dale wrote:
Did you use a howto for Dracut? If so, have a link you could post? I
tried making a init thingy and after about 20 failed reboots, I scraped
the idea. I was trying to follow the howto on the Gentoo wiki I
think.
That worke
Am Mittwoch, den 30.11.2011, 19:32 +0100 schrieb czernitko:
> Yup, establishing encrypted partition for /home was easy as a pie
> using cryptsetup. I was considering using truecrypt as it offers
> multiplatform support, so I could access encrypted partition even from
> my dualbooted windoze, but I
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:31:00 -0600, Dale wrote:
> Did you use a howto for Dracut? If so, have a link you could post? I
> tried making a init thingy and after about 20 failed reboots, I scraped
> the idea. I was trying to follow the howto on the Gentoo wiki I
> think.
That worked for me (dr
Yup, establishing encrypted partition for /home was easy as a pie using
cryptsetup. I was considering using truecrypt as it offers multiplatform
support, so I could access encrypted partition even from my dualbooted
windoze, but I didn't want to put effort into something not as well
documented (how
Jack Byer wrote:
czernitko wrote:
I would like to have only one partition with all home directories on it,
and I would like to avoid usage of initrd as I don't use it now and I
would like to keep it that way if possible.
You don't need an initramfs but you might want to reconsider not using o
czernitko wrote:
> I would like to have only one partition with all home directories on it,
> and I would like to avoid usage of initrd as I don't use it now and I
> would like to keep it that way if possible.
You don't need an initramfs but you might want to reconsider not using one
at some po
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