I think I am close to getting GELI to boot from CD.
Here's what I've done.
#Followed instructions per these threads [1]. This
#included creating a file backed memory disk to allow
#GELI to mount the root filesystem with a keyfile on
the #CD.
#You'll see from my previous post, and that of others
--- Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 09:16:35AM -0700, Fred
> Davidson wrote:
>
> > Well I was having this problem with GRUB which
> someone
> > helped me with. Now Grub will boot my USB key and
> > load load
Well I was having this problem with GRUB which someone
helped me with. Now Grub will boot my USB key and
load loader. The problem? loader hangs, and
eventually says it can't find the kernel. when I
lsdev it always gives the right description of my hard
disk partitions on the hard drive, but pri
It seems like this thread isn't getting updated when I
post for some reason. This will be the last one I try
until I figure out what's wrong.
#I've done some more tests. In my last post I had
booted
# from the usb key. the results of lsdev from the
boot #loader prompt were:
OK lsdev
cd devi
>Some thoughts:
>1. bsdlabel -Brw /dev/da0s1
>- What is the option "r"?
>- bsdlabel is supposed to create standard label
>which probably
>means creating da0s1a partition (can you call
>"bsdlabel /dev/da0s1" to
>see what was created?) So your next command should be
>"newfs
>/dev/da0s1a" ra
--- Andrey Shuvikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Did you copy it recursively (with sub-directories)?
> If yes then you
> didn't need to copy
> /boot/grub separately. If no, you'll probably need
> to copy at least
> /boot/defaults .
> And /boot/kernel as well if you really want to
> boot...
>
>
>Some thoughts:
>1. bsdlabel -Brw /dev/da0s1
>- What is the option "r"?
>- bsdlabel is supposed to create standard label
>which probably
>means creating da0s1a partition (can you call
>"bsdlabel /dev/da0s1" to
>see what was created?) So your next command should be
>"newfs
>/dev/da0s1a" ra
I am looking for some help to enable booting from a
USB stick. After weeks of reading, and
attempting I am at a total loss. This all began while
I was trying to follow the many excellent tutorials on
encrypting whole laptop disks with
I am looking for some help to enable booting from a
USB stick. After weeks of reading, and
attempting I am at a total loss. This all began while
I was trying to follow the many excellent tutorials on
encrypting whole laptop disks with
