Wubi and Truecrypted System Partition

[snaildarter]

I have XP using Truecrypt on the entire drive (what the Truecrypt folks call "System Encryption"). I have tried to install Ubuntu with Wubi, thinking it would work fine. It doesn't, halting at the common initramfs/Busybox prompt. I've tried everything I can think of from what I researched. I just want to make sure that this is impossible before I give up. Any thoughts? Thanks

[ago]

encrypted disks are not supported at the moment

[snaildarter]

Thank you, ago. Since you say, "at the moment," does that mean that this feature is being planned in the future? thanks

[ago]

possibly but that doesn't depend on me

[strasharo]

So, is it supported in Interpid Ibex?

[strasharo]

Bump.

[ago]

Don't think so, do not recall anyone working on that, but might be wrong. For it to work truecrypt must be available in the main repository as a module and be included in the initrd (if an official module is available I might be able to influence the second step).

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?ke...id&section=all

[strasharo]

Understood, thank you for the answer.

[martincs14]

hey

i also have xp (pro) and have whole drive encryped with truecrypt.

as i understand i cannot install wubi.

what if i decrypt the hard drive, install wubi and reencrypt it
(all with truecrypt)

would that work?

thanks for help.

martin

[gbold]

Hi Martin-
Quick answer is No as I have tried the same thing (XP Pro with Ubuntu as a WUBI session). It did work when I had my C: drive encrypted but not the D: drive (where Ubuntu is located, it was an extended partition). I had changed the D: drive partition to a primary drive and re-encrypted everything, only to find that Ubuntu hangs since it cannot find the "drive" it is installed on...
Greg