Full encryption: One Password for several partitions?

[bodhi.zazen]

Install the full system onto one hard drive, then just expand the LVM onto the second.

You can do that with LVM, but can you also extend a crypt across physical drives ?

[teddks]

You can do that with LVM, but can you also extend a crypt across physical drives ?

Crap, I didn't think of that. You're right.

You could set up a RAID and then a crypt and then an LVM... I hope.

[bodhi.zazen]

Too bad, I was hoping you knew how to do that ....

[hyper_ch]

You could set up a RAID and then a crypt and then an LVM... I hope.

There's a bug when doing so... it won't correctly create the initramfs... at least not up to intrepid...

[cmcginty]

The work around for that bug is:

1) exit to the shell after installation is complete
2) chroot to the new root partition
3) edit the /etc/crypttab and add an entry to the file for your crypt partitions: 'crypt_md0 /dev/md0 none luks'
4) run update-initramfs -u -k all
5) reboot