Re: etch installer and dm-crypt

[Brett Viren <bv@bnl.gov>]

sigi <dugongs@gmx.de> writes:

> The best would be, to have i.e. 3 encrypted partitions, give one 
> passphrase at boottime, and that's it.

If you don't want to type so many passwords, why not just use 1
partition?


If you really want multiple encrypted partitions you'll probably have
to hack the init script in the initrd.  The first google hit:

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/179

shows an example "mkinitrd.dmcrypt-usb" script.  Just after it does a
cryptsetup on the rootfs you would setup your other two partitions.

And, yes this is talking about a usb flash drive, but the basic ideas
apply to HD installations as well.


-Brett.