Re: [gNewSense-users] Mipsel gNS 3 + crypto

[Karl Goetz]

On Sun, 09 May 2010 02:06:15 -0400
Ted Smith <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 12:13 +0930, Karl Goetz wrote:
> > On Sat, 08 May 2010 18:27:33 -0400
> > Ted Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hey everyone,
> > > 
> > > I just got a Yeeloong netbook, and because I value my privacy
> > > just as much as I value my freedom, I want to install gNS on it
> > > with full-disk encryption. debian-installer can do this, usually.
> > > 
> > > However, when I try to set a partition to be used for encryption
> > > in the partitioning stage of d-i by selecting "physical partition
> > > for use in encryption" and hitting enter, the installer just
> > > takes me back to whatever I had selected before.
> > > 
> > > Is this a bug, or is crypto unsupported for gNS 3/mispel? How
> > > could I go about getting past whatever blockage there is so I
> > > could have a fully encrypted and fully free computing experience?
> > 
> > We don't (currently) support encrypted installs.
> > ftr, if you do go that way you'll probably need to have an
> > unencrypted /boot/, since i doubt pmon will support
> > encrypted filesystems.
> 
> Why is this? I couldn't find anything relevant with a few searches

effort, time, knowledge. all of which can be invested into
debian-installer by people wanting to use encrypted systems.
kk

> over the wiki. Could I set it up outside of d-i without ill effect?
> 
> And yes, I'm aware the kernel image cannot be encrypted. I've done
> this before. :-P


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