[Assist] boot.cfg: encrypted root partition

Michał Masłowski mtjm at mtjm.eu
Sat Sep 15 14:29:16 GMT 2012


> How would you configure boot.cfg if your root partition is encrypted?
>
> For example:
> /dev/sda1 boot
> /dev/sda2 swap
> /dev/sda3 main
>
> /dev/sda2 and /dev/sda3 are encrypted, but they can be accessed via
> /dev/mapper (e.g. /dev/mapper/swap).

The only things specific to encryption are kernel arguments and the
initrd, non-mips64el-specific documentation might explain it.  In the
example at [0] you will probably change the args and add an "initrd
(wd0,6)/boot/initramfs-linux-libre.img" line.

[0] https://wiki.parabolagnulinux.org/MIPS_Installation#Add_the_new_system_to_PMON
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