-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi T, The Trisquel 7 install image has not been updated for about 1,5 years. Were you trying an older version? It may be something on your end otherwise. I would be interested to learn more
Thanks for your correspondence, D. On 10/07/16 13:57, Tudor SUCIU wrote: > Hello Duncan, > > What I wrote addresses the case when somebody with libreboot on his > laptop wants a single encrypted partition (the "/"). I will not > test the grub stuff, with libreboot grub is directly in bios. I > already attached a working grub.cfg (to be put in bios). So, for > me, this guide: > https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/encrypted_trisquel.html Breaks > at "Further partitioning" because an install with encrypted /boot > is not allowed anymore. In order to obtain what I want - a full > disk encrypted - I obviously don't want to put a /boot partition > on the main disk. If there is no unencrypted /boot the installer > does not want to advance. It gives an error. So, you have my > "hack" guide, that temporarily puts /boot on an external disk, just > before putting it back onto "/". > > Hope it helps somebody in the future, I had to install trisquel 3 > times before getting it right. > > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Duncan Guthrie > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi T, You can avoid the need for /boot entirely by adding > "GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTDISK=y" to grub.cfg as discussed here: > https://trisquel.info/en/forum/netinsall-tty-apt-get-update-not-workin g?page=1#comment-99091 > > > Read it carefully and see what you think. On that forum they discuss > how to delete /boot, because GRUB can probe disks and unlock them, > although you need to put in LUKS password twice. It does work, I > can conform, on a computer without Libreboot installed. It may be > of use to you, as instructions are provided which show how to > install using the text installer (Debian was used but Trisquel has > the same process as they have the same text installer). Then > there's no need for putting /boot on external USB drive. Note, you > may need to unlock the drive on a live CD in order to add the > option to GRUB config file if the installer doesn't do it > automatically. If you really need /boot on an external drive one > suspects you just change the UUID in /etc/fstab to that of some > partition on the USB drive. Then copy all the files there, and > delete the partition that /boot is mounted at, usually /dev/sda1 > if you install on /dev/sda. > > Hope that helps, D. > > On 10 July 2016 11:06:04 BST, Tudor SUCIU <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> The guide on libreboot site is not working for me. I needed: - >> network connection on ethernet - use the text installer, LVM is >> not an option in the graphical install - use a usb key as >> "/boot" - unencrypted - pretty complicated to boot the thing >> (option 4 - search on external devices) - after first successful >> boot from unencrypted /boot, as root: cp -r /boot /root/ umount >> /boot cp -r /root/boot/* /boot vim /etc/fstab -> take out /boot >> update-grub (did not work - would not boot with given conf) >> manual boot instructions from the page work ok new grubtest.cfg >> file in libreboot bios (attached) > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJXgkqrAAoJEPs8tiiQ8FTANwgQAKg45Sawkkw9nMCYxUltoWYd ew+du6lhJIOSFg7Kp6L+s0kBdgnQqOjOmGW0kBw3ku2Ax3N9545MRDT3nems7OVd dGwHvqI3AUTkVeEq/Ou4EbC1NsgPfRSvBnG88v0LyXUXgfnOGJfNJk/En9YGHkrD wILONjT3/d4SSGHuqkOMmkGDRdjxGjzHMJAG2JZeI1mV8U1mZ6fAWlUjZV5Y4H7m 64IlkomiSX+4OXbtiqMaMRZUdIhNQTDR10Dx7oK9VzMaj/BPN90EkRc6bV6P/Xjx oM1VTKnyhclUYbCm8br3ruEGcKWBC0bVzLbtCU8IiWOgPcLtWLq/obCwoUjFKkON NNoXqRKCXekdocwpfOnqxGJzDs+tTYZPUts/k6/5FhpCHAkEp5JXlwZaS7q7mhsR ohqo2yzhO4F3fd8ZhYoYe+9SRzaY1D8o6zAbAssq3Kxmqhb6XZZaLrgyUA4MbFu7 txzbKAabhb/EIapMqzOoZi+jRU9mhj0X8YBU3aciYLfta6ZRRyAiLIcjHq6arbcN 0rmLvE9q4dfRLqLHMtRssn+su4XGyj0nkHdrKtNQbjR0b32axJLv4S1mHXsZfpr9 yAeC8X1Y9LQZvlXcABuVpLI9QsOVmQvI+Qysp64G5haXTTvV1etd+c7D92MzXRxQ 07Vz/9ubPYNp4L9H2qjQ =OhRg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
