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Table of Contents
The Slackware installer
Install to Logical Volumes (LVM)
Encrypted partitions
Errata
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 toperform 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 likemount -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