On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:49:50 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:

> I see. What I do is to embed the initramfs into the kernel image.

Ah yes, I'd forgotten about that option.

> Works
> fine as long as everything you need to setup / is compiled into the
> kernel statically. There's also one scenario where separating /
> and /boot has a clear advantage: Laptops with complete HD encryption.
> The only partition you can leave unencrypted is the small /boot,
> everything else can be encrypted (which means, you only need the
> passphrase for the / volume, everything else can be unlocked via
> keyfiles stored on this partition/volume.

That's a very good point, although I have /home and swap encrypted, being
able to encrypt /etc would be useful, especially on my laptop.

> Oh, my scripts will reach you soon.

Got them, thanks. I'll take a look later.


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Neil Bothwick

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