The Slackware installer

README_CRYPT.TXT

I'd like to correct two things omitted in the README_CRYPT.TXT file for Slackware 12.0. They relate to setting up an encrypted root partition in Slackware.

• First issue:
  When you finish the installation and the README prompts you to perform a chroot into the new installation, there is one command missing. As a result, there will not be a /dev/mapper/cryptroot available inside the chroot and therefore the attempt to install LILO will fail.
  Please change the list of commands that goes like

  mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc
  mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys
  chroot /mnt

  to

  mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc
  mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys
  mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev
  chroot /mnt

  and then proceed with the remainder of the README.

• Second:
  When the README mentions ''Change the boot device to name of the small unencrypted partition you've created and which is mounted under /boot'.' it must be clear that this action should not be taken when you install LILO to the MBR. The example in the README is meant for a Slackware setup where there is another OS bootloader (such as MS Windows) already installed in the MBR, and your Slackware installation is a secondary install for which LILO needs to install itself into the root sector of a partition instead.

I hope this clarifies the issues some people reported to me after Slackware 12.0 was released.

– Eric 03-july-2007