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Date:      Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:59:09 +0100
From:      Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Balgansuren Batsukh <balgaa@mongol.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GELI boot on root partition
Message-ID:  <43FB2ABD.5050002@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <00b601c636d3$4caad020$0201000a@JACK>
References:  <00b601c636d3$4caad020$0201000a@JACK>

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Balgansuren Batsukh wrote:
> How can I boot kernel from /dev/ad0.elia partition?

You cannot boot the kernel from an encrypted partition. The kernel and 
the geom_eli.ko module should be loaded from an unencrypted partition 
(like a USB memory token) and then you can automatically mount 
/dev/ad0.elia as the root filesystem (if you have init'ed it with -b flag).

--
Alex Dupre



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