ranloe
April 8th, 2017, 12:07 PM
Dear Paddy,
I've read though your guide (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ManualFullSystemEncryption) and am preparing everything to execute it. However, my situation is slightly different than the one in your example and, since I'm still a beginner at Linux, I thought it would be best to get some directions before I start. I alrdy have Dualboot Ubuntu 16.04LTS and Windows 10 on my PC (Installed Windows first, then Ubuntu. Everything without encryption). However, unlike in your example, I have 3 drives in my laptop.
1 SSD (calling this sda for further reference; 250gb) which has windows (both system and data space) on it,
1 SSD(calling this sdb for further reference; 128g) which has ubuntu on it (both system and data space), and
1HDD(2T) with two partitions, one for extra data I acces from windows and one for extra data from linux.
What I would like to do has changed since I first emailed you, but I will describe both my old (B) and new (A) goal so that more people might be helped by your reply.
A:
What I would like to accomplish
a) A fully encrypted Ubuntu (system + data) on sda (250gb)
b) An encrypted extra data partition on the HDD for Ubuntu to use
c) A Windows install on sbd (128gb).
My questions:
How do I also encrypt the relevant partition on the HDD, which is not what you call in your example 'a separate data partition' aka home, but rather an extra volume to be used for storage of files that are infrequently accessed. To be clear, I want my home folder to be on the same drive (sda) as the fully encrypted Ubuntu install. To encrypt the HDD partition for ubuntu, can I just repeat the process you described for creating a seperate encrypted data partition and then name that something else than home? Or would this still make it the home directory but just with another name?
To accomplish a) will mean erasing the entire windows install. Can I just do that, like boot in a live USB of ubuntu, erase the entire sda & sdb, follow the guide installing everything described in the guide to sda and then install windows onto sdb later? Your guide presupposes that windows is already installed and I'm afraid that installing it afterwards will give problems with being able which OS to boot into later on. I could also erase both sda and sdb, then install windows on sdb first, and then follow the guide. However, this would mean my ESP partition is on sdb and I want it to be on sda, namely the same drive that the fully encrypted Ubuntu install will be on.
B:
This is what I first wanted to do, and put in the email I sent you. I've changed my mind because I want to start using Linux primarily and only use windows for gaming, so I'd rather have the larger (and faster) SDD for my main OS. I'm repeating it here because others might still want to do something similar
a) A fully encrypted Ubuntu (system + data) on sdb (128gb)
b) Fully encrypt the HDD. However, I don't think that would be possible since then Windows won't be able to acces its relevant partition, right?
c) retain the Windows install
d) Move the ESP partition from sda a to sdb. Could this be done by just deleting the existing ESP on the windows drive (sda) and then following the guide creating a new one on the Ubuntu drive sdb. I feel this might cause problems with booting into Windows later
Thank you for your time and consideration
I've read though your guide (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ManualFullSystemEncryption) and am preparing everything to execute it. However, my situation is slightly different than the one in your example and, since I'm still a beginner at Linux, I thought it would be best to get some directions before I start. I alrdy have Dualboot Ubuntu 16.04LTS and Windows 10 on my PC (Installed Windows first, then Ubuntu. Everything without encryption). However, unlike in your example, I have 3 drives in my laptop.
1 SSD (calling this sda for further reference; 250gb) which has windows (both system and data space) on it,
1 SSD(calling this sdb for further reference; 128g) which has ubuntu on it (both system and data space), and
1HDD(2T) with two partitions, one for extra data I acces from windows and one for extra data from linux.
What I would like to do has changed since I first emailed you, but I will describe both my old (B) and new (A) goal so that more people might be helped by your reply.
A:
What I would like to accomplish
a) A fully encrypted Ubuntu (system + data) on sda (250gb)
b) An encrypted extra data partition on the HDD for Ubuntu to use
c) A Windows install on sbd (128gb).
My questions:
How do I also encrypt the relevant partition on the HDD, which is not what you call in your example 'a separate data partition' aka home, but rather an extra volume to be used for storage of files that are infrequently accessed. To be clear, I want my home folder to be on the same drive (sda) as the fully encrypted Ubuntu install. To encrypt the HDD partition for ubuntu, can I just repeat the process you described for creating a seperate encrypted data partition and then name that something else than home? Or would this still make it the home directory but just with another name?
To accomplish a) will mean erasing the entire windows install. Can I just do that, like boot in a live USB of ubuntu, erase the entire sda & sdb, follow the guide installing everything described in the guide to sda and then install windows onto sdb later? Your guide presupposes that windows is already installed and I'm afraid that installing it afterwards will give problems with being able which OS to boot into later on. I could also erase both sda and sdb, then install windows on sdb first, and then follow the guide. However, this would mean my ESP partition is on sdb and I want it to be on sda, namely the same drive that the fully encrypted Ubuntu install will be on.
B:
This is what I first wanted to do, and put in the email I sent you. I've changed my mind because I want to start using Linux primarily and only use windows for gaming, so I'd rather have the larger (and faster) SDD for my main OS. I'm repeating it here because others might still want to do something similar
a) A fully encrypted Ubuntu (system + data) on sdb (128gb)
b) Fully encrypt the HDD. However, I don't think that would be possible since then Windows won't be able to acces its relevant partition, right?
c) retain the Windows install
d) Move the ESP partition from sda a to sdb. Could this be done by just deleting the existing ESP on the windows drive (sda) and then following the guide creating a new one on the Ubuntu drive sdb. I feel this might cause problems with booting into Windows later
Thank you for your time and consideration