Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:11:51 +0800 From: "Daniel Marsh" <jahilliya@gmail.com> To: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting a GELI encrypted hard disk Message-ID: <ba5e78ea0710100811y56d28b7dma1e0771e7ed2e75b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <470CCDE2.9090603@ibctech.ca> References: <470CCDE2.9090603@ibctech.ca>
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On 10/10/07, Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am voraciously attempting to get a FreeBSD system to boot from a GELI > encrypted hard disk, but am having problems. > > All of my searches lead to the same problem...GELI passphrase can not be > entered correctly upon boot. I have tried everything I have found on the > web (including disabling 'kbdmux' in the kernel) to no avail. > > Is there any chance that anyone here has found a resolution to this > problem, in the 6.x branch, and if not, has it been looked/resolved > within -current? > > Does anyone have a suggestion for a workaround? You could always use a key without a passphrase... unsafe as it is, put the key on a usb device that you remove once the machine has booted?
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