On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:18:57 -0500 Brad Alexander <stor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I have been using full-disk encryption on my laptop for several years over > several laptops. My current one is a Dell Latitude E6500 with a 2.66GHz > Core2Duo P9600 with 4GB of RAM, and the lag from encryption is not > noticeable. > > The way I did it was from the installer. I created a separate (and > unencrypted) /boot, a swap and a large partition for encryption. Within the > encrypted partition, I created an LVM volume group and created my > filesystems within. > > I note, at this point, that if you want added security, you create your > /boot on a USB thumb drive. This way, the machine will not even boot > without this drive. > > I would also add that reiserfs3 had issues with multicore. I noticed that > every time I rebooted my workstation, it would replay the journal, whether > or not it had unmounted the filesystems cleanly. I found an article stating > that it was due to reiserfs not playing nicely with the multiple cores, so > you may want to consider another filesystem. I ended up going with ext4 > until I get a chance to get familiar with btrfs or one of the other newer > filesystems. > > --b > > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 12:15 AM, J. Bakshi <baksh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am always interested in Full disk encryption for my laptop ( i5 + 3 GB > > ), but what makes me stop > > is the thinking of performance lag. Recently I have seen an ububtu laptop > > ( i5 + 4 GB ) with full > > disk encryption and it is performing normal, haven't found any lag... > > > > So I am interested to give the FUD a try on my own laptop. How can I > > proceed ? My laptop is debian wheezy > > with lots of important data.. so backup is must.. but what next ? What > > configuration will give me a better > > performance , LVM based or simple partition based ? Presently excluding > > swap I have 3 reiserfs partition for / ; /home > > and /movie ... no LVM. Like to hear some feedback from you guys.. > > > > Thanks > > many many thanks for sharing ..... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111126223742.3ac4e...@shiva.selfip.org