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Re: setting up partition before cryptsetup



* anonymous@remailer.hastio.org <anonymous@remailer.hastio.org> [2006-07-19 12:02:42 -0000]:

> Do I need to make an extra, unused partition when I install Debian on
> a new computer, before I try to use cryptsetup to add an encrypted
> filesystem?
> 
It depends on how you want to do this.  If you want a completely encrypted
filesystem with swap, yes.

A how-to here:

<http://www.debianhelp.org/node/1074>

This one takes GRUB completely off the hard drive, and you boot Debian with
a USB key.  Modify it according to your tastes.

-- 
Cheers,

  Dave 

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