Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:15:48 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> To: Daniel Marsh <jahilliya@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting a GELI encrypted hard disk Message-ID: <470CECA4.2090402@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <ba5e78ea0710100811y56d28b7dma1e0771e7ed2e75b@mail.gmail.com> References: <470CCDE2.9090603@ibctech.ca> <ba5e78ea0710100811y56d28b7dma1e0771e7ed2e75b@mail.gmail.com>
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Daniel Marsh wrote: > 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? That is what I was going to try next. The 'howtos' I've been reading require putting many of the boot files on the thumb drive, so would it even be possible to unmount/remove the usb stick after the machine is booted up? If I was to do it this way, I would likely use two separate key files, on two separate USB sticks. Reference: http://www.proportion.ch/index.php?page=31 Thanks for your feedback. Steve
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