[lubuntu-users] how to create a bootable and encrypted external SDD (or USB)

[Wilbert Heeringa]

Dear all,

I would like to install Lubuntu 18.04 on an external Solid State Drive.
This works well, but I would like to encrypt the drive as well. When
installing from an USB stick with the live version, at certain point I have
to choose:

   - Erase disk and install Ubuntu
  - Encrypt the new Lubuntu installation for security
  - Use LVM with the new Lubuntu installation
   - Something else


When choosing the first option ('Erase disk and install Ubuntu') you can
check the option 'Encrypt ...' .

However, when installing Lubuntu on a USB stick or SSD I am supposed to
choose 'Something else' as far as I understand. However, when choosing
'Something else' the options 'Encrypt ...' and 'Use LVM ... ' are grayed
out, I cannot check them.

My question: is there a trick that make it possible to create a *bootable
and encrypted* SSD (or USB drive)?

Best,
Wilbert
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Re: [lubuntu-users] gnome-disk-utility not working

[Jerry Van Brimmer]

Thanks Aere, that works, but I've always used the Gnome Disks app, and it's 
always worked for me in the past on other distros though. I can't remember if 
I've ever used it in Lubuntu though.  It seems to me that it ought to work here 
too.  God bless, Jerry Van Brimmer Sent using Zoho Mail  On Wed, 05 Sep 
2018 17:09:16 -0700 Aere Greenway  wrote  On 
09/05/2018 05:19 PM, Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: Jerry: I think the proper way to 
do that, is from the menu, select System Tools, and from the additional menu 
that appears, select Startup Disk Creator.  Then follow the instructions from 
there (you'll have to specify the ISO you're reading, and the USB drive you're 
creating).  - Aere -- 
Sincerely,
Aere Hello, I am running Lubuntu-18.04.1, 64 bit on an Acer netbook.  I can't 
get the Gnome "Disk Image Writer" to work. I have downloaded and checked an iso 
file. I right click on the iso, and chose in the right click context menu "Open 
with ..." "Disk Image Writer". And then nothing happens. The Disk Utility app 
does not even open up. If I go to the Main Menu > Accessories > Disks, then the 
Disk Utility app opens up. I can then select the USB drive I am trying to write 
to in the left hand panel. Then, in the drop down menu on the top right, I can 
navigate to the iso file I am trying to write, select it, and go from there. It 
works just fine all the way up to actually writing the iso to the flash drive. 
That's where it stops.  All I get is a small spinner going around and around in 
the left hand panel next to the flash drive. But the iso does not get written 
to the drive.  I can take the same iso file and flash drive, reboot this Acer 
into Linuxmint 18.3 Cinnamon, and it works just fine.  So, I'm just wondering 
if there's something I'm doing wrong here in Lubuntu? Or, is something else 
wrong? God bless, Jerry Van Brimmer Sent using Zoho Mail-- 
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Re: [lubuntu-users] how to create a bootable and encrypted external SDD (or USB)

[Nio Wiklund]

Den 2018-09-06 kl. 16:25, skrev Wilbert Heeringa:

Dear all,

I would like to install Lubuntu 18.04 on an external Solid State Drive. 
This works well, but I would like to encrypt the drive as well. When 
installing from an USB stick with the live version, at certain point I 
have to choose:


  * Erase disk and install Ubuntu
  o Encrypt the new Lubuntu installation for security
  o Use LVM with the new Lubuntu installation
  * Something else


When choosing the first option ('Erase disk and install Ubuntu') you can 
check the option 'Encrypt ...' .


However, when installing Lubuntu on a USB stick or SSD I am supposed to 
choose 'Something else' as far as I understand. However, when choosing 
'Something else' the options 'Encrypt ...' and 'Use LVM ... ' are grayed 
out, I cannot check them.


My question: is there a trick that make it possible to create a 
*bootable and encrypted* SSD (or USB drive)?


Best,
Wilbert




Hi Wilbert,

If you remove the other (internal) drives, the SSD will be the default 
target, and you can use the options


* Erase disk and install Ubuntu
o Encrypt the new Lubuntu installation for security
o Use LVM with the new Lubuntu installation

and get an encrypted SSD 'disk'.

See also this link for more details about installing in an external drive,

https://askubuntu.com/questions/16988/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-to-a-usb-key-without-using-startup-disk-creator/942312#942312

Good luck :-)
Nio

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Re: [lubuntu-users] how to create a bootable and encrypted external SDD (or USB)

[Wilbert Heeringa]

Hi Nio,

Thanks for the quick answer.

Do I need to remove other internal drives physically, or is it sufficient
to disable them in the BIOS in some way?

Wilbert





2018-09-06 17:45 GMT+02:00 Nio Wiklund :

> Den 2018-09-06 kl. 16:25, skrev Wilbert Heeringa:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I would like to install Lubuntu 18.04 on an external Solid State Drive.
>> This works well, but I would like to encrypt the drive as well. When
>> installing from an USB stick with the live version, at certain point I have
>> to choose:
>>
>>   * Erase disk and install Ubuntu
>>   o Encrypt the new Lubuntu installation for security
>>   o Use LVM with the new Lubuntu installation
>>   * Something else
>>
>>
>> When choosing the first option ('Erase disk and install Ubuntu') you can
>> check the option 'Encrypt ...' .
>>
>> However, when installing Lubuntu on a USB stick or SSD I am supposed to
>> choose 'Something else' as far as I understand. However, when choosing
>> 'Something else' the options 'Encrypt ...' and 'Use LVM ... ' are grayed
>> out, I cannot check them.
>>
>> My question: is there a trick that make it possible to create a *bootable
>> and encrypted* SSD (or USB drive)?
>>
>> Best,
>> Wilbert
>>
>>
>>
> Hi Wilbert,
>
> If you remove the other (internal) drives, the SSD will be the default
> target, and you can use the options
>
> * Erase disk and install Ubuntu
> o Encrypt the new Lubuntu installation for security
> o Use LVM with the new Lubuntu installation
>
> and get an encrypted SSD 'disk'.
>
> See also this link for more details about installing in an external drive,
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/16988/how-do-i-install-
> ubuntu-to-a-usb-key-without-using-startup-disk-creator/942312#942312
>
> Good luck :-)
> Nio
>
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Re: [lubuntu-users] how to create a bootable and encrypted external SDD (or USB)

[Nio Wiklund]

Good question :-)

It is enough to disable them in the BIOS (which is possible in several 
systems).


Best regards
Nio

Den 2018-09-06 kl. 18:03, skrev Wilbert Heeringa:

Hi Nio,

Thanks for the quick answer.

Do I need to remove other internal drives physically, or is it 
sufficient to disable them in the BIOS in some way?


Wilbert





2018-09-06 17:45 GMT+02:00 Nio Wiklund >:


Den 2018-09-06 kl. 16:25, skrev Wilbert Heeringa:

Dear all,

I would like to install Lubuntu 18.04 on an external Solid State
Drive. This works well, but I would like to encrypt the drive as
well. When installing from an USB stick with the live version,
at certain point I have to choose:

   * Erase disk and install Ubuntu
       o Encrypt the new Lubuntu installation for security
       o Use LVM with the new Lubuntu installation
   * Something else


When choosing the first option ('Erase disk and install Ubuntu')
you can check the option 'Encrypt ...' .

However, when installing Lubuntu on a USB stick or SSD I am
supposed to choose 'Something else' as far as I understand.
However, when choosing 'Something else' the options 'Encrypt
...' and 'Use LVM ... ' are grayed out, I cannot check them.

My question: is there a trick that make it possible to create a
*bootable and encrypted* SSD (or USB drive)?

Best,
Wilbert



Hi Wilbert,

If you remove the other (internal) drives, the SSD will be the
default target, and you can use the options

* Erase disk and install Ubuntu
     o Encrypt the new Lubuntu installation for security
     o Use LVM with the new Lubuntu installation

and get an encrypted SSD 'disk'.

See also this link for more details about installing in an external
drive,


https://askubuntu.com/questions/16988/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-to-a-usb-key-without-using-startup-disk-creator/942312#942312



Good luck :-)
Nio





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