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Subject: Re: Full disk encryption without root partition
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> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:18:40 +0100
> From: mhca12 <mhca12@gmail.com>
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Full disk encryption without root partition
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> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 10:17 PM, mhca12 <mhca12@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Are there any plans or is there already support for full
>> disk encryption without the need for a root partition?
>
> I am sorry, I certainly meant to write "boot partition".
>


Yes, it is possible to use GELI for example to do a full disk encryption
and have the boot partition on a USB stick.

cs@