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authorFrancis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>2015-07-11 13:26:40 (EDT)
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Documentation: convert to GFDL
Some sections were owned by other people; these were re-written, deleted, or moved. Alternatively, they were re-licensed as-is, with permission from the relevant author(s). Patrick "P. J." McDermott on #libreboot freenode IRC: Saturday, 11 July 2015 log: <francis7> pehjota, you made a few changes to the libreboot documentation <francis7> pehjota, do I have your permission to re-license those parts under GFDL 1.3/higher, with no invariant sections or back/front cover texts? <francis7> (if so, can you write to the mailing list?) <pehjota> francis7: Sure, I'll send a message to the libreboot-dev list later. (pehjota=Patrick McDermott) (francis7=Francis Rowe, the person making this commit) TODO: docs/install/bbb_ehci.html: Get permission from author to re-license it (contact Alex David. tty0_ on IRC)
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</p>
<p>
- Note: <i>cryptomount -a</i> mounts all encrypted devices found. It may be desirable to just mount the needed partition.
- To do so you may either specify your partition via layout (e.g.: <i>cryptomount -a (ahci0,msdos1)</i>)
- or use the UUID <i>cryptomount -u UUID</i>.
+ Without specifying a device, the <i>-a</i> parameter tries to unlock all detected LUKS volumes.
+ You can also specify -u UUID or -a (device).
</p>
<p>
@@ -591,24 +590,27 @@
</div>
<div class="section">
- <h2>Optional: Use Keyfile in Initramfs to unlock encrypted root</h2>
+ <h2>Using a key file to unlock /boot/</h2>
<p>
- Using the above installation method, you will have to unlock the encrypted file system twice
- (once in GRUB, and again when booting Parabola).
- To circumvent this, you can insert a keyfile into the initramfs. This is generally safe, because the /boot/ directory is encrypted.<br/>
- First create a keyfile:<br/>
+ By default, you will have to enter your LUKS passphrase twice; once in GRUB, and once when booting the kernel.
+ GRUB unlocks the encrypted partition and then loads the kernel, but the kernel is not aware of the fact
+ that it is being loaded from an encrypted volume. Therefore, you will be asked to enter your passphrase a second time.
+ A workaround is to put a keyfile inside initramfs, with instructions for the kernel to use it when
+ booting. This is safe, because /boot/ is encrypted (otherwise, putting a keyfile inside initramfs would be a bad idea).<br/>
+
+ Generate the file:<br/>
# <b>dd bs=512 count=4 if=/dev/urandom of=/etc/mykeyfile iflag=fullblock</b><br/>
- Add the keyfile to the Luks Device:<br/>
+ Insert it into the luks volume:<br/>
# <b>cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/sdX /etc/mykeyfile</b><br/>
Add the keyfile to the initramfs by adding it to FILES in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf. For example:<br/>
+ Integrate it inside initramfs:<br/>
# <b>FILES="/etc/mykeyfile"</b><br/>
- Re-create the initramfs image:<br/>
+ Create the initramfs image from scratch:<br/>
# <b>mkinitcpio -p linux-libre</b><br/>
- Reboot and add the following to the kernel command line in GRUB:<br/>
+ Add the following to your grub.cfg, or add it in the kernel command line for GRUB:<br/>
# <b>cryptkey=rootfs:/etc/mykeyfile</b><br/>
<br/>
- If everything works as expected, permanently add the kernel parameter to the GRUB config using
- the instructions at <a href="grub_cbfs.html">grub_cbfs.html</a>.
+ You can also place this inside the grub.cfg that exists in CBFS: <a href="grub_cbfs.html">grub_cbfs.html</a>.
</p>
</div>
@@ -638,18 +640,47 @@
<div class="section">
<p>
- Copyright &copy; 2014, 2015 Francis Rowe &lt;info@gluglug.org.uk&gt;<br/>
- Copyright &copy; 2015 Thomas Zelch &lt;tze@xenlab.de&gt;<br/>
- Copyright &copy; 2015 Arthur Heymans &lt;arthur@aheymans.xyz&gt;<br/>
- Copyright &copy; 2015 Tobias Heinicke &lt;theinicke@bss-wf.de&gt;<br/>
- This document is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License and all future versions.
- A copy of the license can be found at <a href="../cc-by-sa-4.txt">../cc-by-sa-4.txt</a>.
+ Copyright &copy; 2014, 2015 Francis Rowe &lt;info@gluglug.org.uk&gt;<br/>
+ Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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+ or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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+ A copy of the license can be found at <a href="../gfdl-1.3.txt">../gfdl-1.3.txt</a>
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
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+ <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html</a>
</p>
<p>
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