Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 00:35:57 -0700 (PDT) From: "R. B. Riddick" <arne_woerner@yahoo.com> To: Fluffles <etc@fluffles.net>, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GELI on root partition -- problems Message-ID: <20060722073557.79047.qmail@web30314.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <44C1D34E.20004@fluffles.net>
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--- Fluffles <etc@fluffles.net> wrote:
> guess). It seems many things in FreeBSD assume the "a" partition to be /
> (root), and that it holds the kernel. So really, *how* do i setup this
> GELI-on-root feature?
>
Hi!
I have no experience with geli, but I like to install without sysinstall...
But if u want to use sysinstall,
1. u could install everything as if u dont want to use geli on the a-partition,
2. then u create the partition with letter "d"
then u setup geli on "d"
3. then u could use cpio to copy everything but /boot to ur geli partition
4. then u could change certain variables in /boot/loader
e. g.: rootdev="disk1s1d"
I do not know, which disk number u should use
(but it would be the same like in currdev in ur case)...
Maybe u want to try the option "6" (or so?), so that u can type something
before ur box boots?
I hope I dont cause any damage with my "advice" and that u have sufficient
backup...
Bye
Arne
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