geli on exisitng laptop

2009-04-08 Thread new_guy
loaded in the /boot/loader.conf so I won't need to re-compile, etc. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/geli-on-exisitng-laptop-tp22951183p22951183.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: geli on exisitng laptop

2009-04-08 Thread Geoff Fritz
On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 07:06:27AM -0700, new_guy wrote: Hi guys, I'd like to use geli to whole disk encrypt a FreeBSD 7.1 laptop I already have setup. The laptop is up and working fine and I don't want to screw it up. It have the default partition layout. I've already used geli to encrypt

Re: geli on exisitng laptop

2009-04-08 Thread Matthew Seaman
new_guy wrote: Hi guys, I'd like to use geli to whole disk encrypt a FreeBSD 7.1 laptop I already have setup. The laptop is up and working fine and I don't want to screw it up. It have the default partition layout. I've already used geli to encrypt the swap partition. The default

Re: geli on exisitng laptop

2009-04-08 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 07:06:27AM -0700, new_guy wrote: Hi guys, I'd like to use geli to whole disk encrypt a FreeBSD 7.1 laptop I already have setup. The laptop is up and working fine and I don't want to screw it up. It have the default partition layout. I've already used geli to encrypt

Re: geli on exisitng laptop

2009-04-08 Thread new_guy
as a link to /usr/home... could I just encrypt /usr and get the same result? I'm thinking this would be the best way. Thanks again for the Great tips! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/geli-on-exisitng-laptop-tp22951183p22956085.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list

Re: geli on exisitng laptop

2009-04-08 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 10:48:31AM -0700, new_guy wrote: Roland Smith wrote: My advice would be to put /home (where _your_ data resides) on a seperate partition and encrypt only that partition, with a password. Thanks to everyone for the advice. I really do appreciate it. I like