On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Fabian Keil wrote: > mhca12 <mhc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Fabian Keil wrote: >> > mhca12 <mhc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> I followed the guide on dan.me.uk to install FreeBSD 9.1 amd64 >> >> but I get always stuck because the kernel doesn't ask me for the >> >> passphrase and doesn't find the /dev/gpt/enc.eli where enc is the >> >> label I gave to the root partition. I also tried with /dev/ada0p3.eli >> >> without success. >> >> >> >> Tried the following two /boot/loader.config variations: >> >> 1: >> >> geom_eli_load="YES" >> >> vfs.root.mountfrom=”ufs:/dev/gpt/enc.eli” >> >> 2: >> >> geom_eli_load="YES" >> >> vfs.root.mountfrom=”ufs:/dev/ada0p3.eli” >> >> >> >> I can geli attach /dev/gpt/enc or /dev/ada0p3 successfully from >> >> the livecd. >> >> >> >> Can you advise me what I might have done wrong or what I >> >> should try? >> >> >> >> https://www.dan.me.uk/blog/2012/05/05/full-disk-encryption-in-freebsd-9-x-well-almost/ >> > >> > This guide doesn't seem to match your configuration. >> > It uses ada0p3.eli for swapping and additionally uses keyfiles. >> > >> > Without knowing your actual configuration it's impossible to >> > give proper advice. You could check with "geli list ada0p3" if >> > the boot flag is set, but that's obviously just a wild guess ... >> >> Forgot to list my simpler setup: >> ada0p1 freebsd-boot >> ada0p2 freebsd-ufs label boot /boot >> ada0p3 geli freebsd-ufs label enc / >> >> Do I have to set the boot flag for any of them? > > The geli passphrase is only requested at boot time for providers that > have the geli boot flag set (for details see geli(8)). If it isn't set > on ada0p3 it would explain the described behaviour.
Fabian thanks a lot. Maybe I forgot -b during geli init but a geli configure -b /dev/ada0p3.eli fixed it. FreeBSD is so well structured and logical in this regard and hopefully in many others as I heard. In vfs.root.mountfrom only ”ufs:/dev/ada0p3.eli” works and the /dev/gpt/enc.eli doesn't. Is it supposed to? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
