Welcome to the world of linux. gparted is simply telling you it doesn't support encrypted file systems.
On another note I wonder how many more people will switch to linux once Windows 10 S hits this summer? I am also a user of xubuntu and chrome-os & loving it. On May 17, 2017 8:19 AM, "Joao Monteiro" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > My move from windows to xubuntu is final (lol)... preparing this > samsung r20 to be my working laptop and all's going like a breeze :) > > I do of course have more than a million questions now, which I am quite > happily answering through studying the best I can at my own pace. But I > feel that what works best for me is to start from scratch, from the > fundamentals, so I'm studying the Linux filesystem structure, etc. And > there is one thing that is bugging me and I can't understand, so any > help - when time permits it - will be more than welcome. > > OK, Windows 7 is forever gone and I made of the whole laptop a strictly > Xubuntu Xfce machine. During the install, I used the option to encrypt > the disk for extra security. When I boot up, it asks me for the > password, I type it in, it says that crypt key was successful, voila, > all works like a charm haha... > > But... when I then fired Gparted to se the structure graphically and > start to try to understand it all, I noticed two things that are > confusing me: > > 1) The structure of my hard disk now shows as: (sorry, don't know yet > how to take a screen shot and then paste it here... will get there soon > I hope) > > /dev/sda1 ext2 /boot 487.00MiB > /dev/sda2 extended 111.31GiB > /dev/sda5 crypt.luks 111.31GiB > > Ok, I understand that sda1 ext2 is the type of fylesystem and this is a > 487MiB boot partition > > But the sda5 partition which is the whole rest of the hard disk, shows > graphically in Gparted as inside the sda2 extended partition, which is > also the same size of sda5, coz it is the whole rest of the hard disk. > > So... why do I have sda2 and sda5? The way I see it, the crypt.luks is > the encrypted partition, which is what I want for the whole disk, and > for the little I understand so far, I have the boot and the extended > partition. Why does it create an extended partition and then it creates > an encrypted partition inside the extended one, of the exact same size? > I would have expected to just have /dev/sda2 extended crypt.luks and > not sda2 and sda5... > > Can anyone please find the patience to explain this to me when you have > a chance? Thanks upfront > > 2) On the /dev/sda5, I have a yellow warning triangle in front of it > (in Gparted) and when I right click and select Information, it says: > > Warning: Linux Unified Key Setup encryption is not yet supported > > So I'm a bit confused here... does this mean that I'm only beneffiting > from having an extra password safety at boot up time and the disk is > actually not encrypted (which confuses me because when I give the > correct password it says that crypt key has been successful), or is > this referring to some sort of Key management system that is not yet > supported, but the disk is indeed encrypted? > > Sorry bothering you with this, but just confused and to be absolutely > honest, have been so busy hunting for a job that haven't had time yet > to dig into the documentation... good this is got a job yesterday and > I'm now getting this little old machine ready to be my working horse at > work - damn, it works soooo much faster and better with xubuntu than it > ever worked with windows, haha.... can't get enough of it, feel like a > little boy with a spanky new shinny toy hahaha... > > Thank you upfront for any clarification on the above > > Kind regards to all > > Joao > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm > an/listinfo/xubuntu-users >
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