thanx you very much about your comments on my LABEL problem. things are much clearer now! i'd like to set it up on fc3 because i dont want to use fc2 the rest of my live :-) i just posted a msg to fedora-test-list which is indeed the right place to ask. it have to be possible :-) greez bernd On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:22:43 +0100 James Wilkinson <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > fedora-list wrote: > > i am trying to encrypt my hard disk with fc3 test3, device-mapper and > > dm-crypt. > > Good luck! > > You're not really on the right list: a *lot* of this has changed for > FC3. > > > i found out that this task is much more difficult than i toughed... so > > if i may ask some questions? > > > > 1.) whats the difference between > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.8-1.541 rw root=LABEL=/ > > and > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.8-1.541 rw root=/dev/ram0 > > in grub.conf. What is this LABEL-thing for? Where is defined /=>hda3? > > ext3 filesystems can have a label which describes the filesystem. It > sounds as though your hda3 is labelled /. The userspace mount program > can use this to identify a filesystem, rather than the name of the > device it's sitting on. > > This is becoming more important: there are more situations these days > when the name of the device will change. Fedora installs will > automatically label filesystems they create. > > Note that if you use LABEL in grub.conf, then you will need an initrd > (which will contain a userspace mount, which can identify and boot from > the right filesystem). > > > Uhhh, any help on this topic really appreciated. Maybe someone knows a > > tutorial on this topic (with kernel 2.6 and dm-crypt)? > > At the moment, it might be easier to start from FC2. > > Hope this helps, > > James. > > -- > E-mail address: james | Og just boggle how stupid spammer is. How stupid > @westexe.demon.co.uk | spamhaus is. How stupid spamhaven is. Og thought > | there was such thing as "evolution". How all these > | stupid people still alive? Og boggle. Boggle Og. > | -- Caveman Og > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
