Bruno Wolff III escreveu:
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:06:04 -0300,
Damián Rodríguez Sánchez <damian.sanchez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I recently decided to encrypt the / Linux partition (ext3) on my
dual boot PC (Windows Vista - Fedora 10).
I was told that software like FreeOTFE and TrueCrypt should let me
mount the encrypted partition under Windows if I have the ext3 driver,
but it didn't work for me. Will I necessarily have to create a new
encrypted volume with one of those programs and then reinstall Fedora
(or Windows) in it instead of simply mounting the existing encrypted
partition?
How was it encrypted? If you used luks, it's likely that Truecyrpt won't
work with that.
Yes, I think I used LUKS, that's the default during Fedora installation,
isn't it?
So I probably won't be able to use TrueCrypt, but FreeOTFE should work:
"FreeOTFE supports LUKS to v1.1 of the LUKS specification. This is the
latest version at time of writing (2nd December 2007)", according to them.
I guess I'll reinstall Fedora without enabling encryption during the
installation process and then log in and try this:
http://www.freeotfe.org/docs/Main/Linux_examples__dm-crypt.htm#level_3_heading_3
I don't think linux has a way to boot off a Truecrypt encrypted root.
Yes, I must leave the /boot partition without encryption, is that what
you mean? Anyway, I intend to try again with FreeOTFE first.
I you want to share a partition between Windows and Linux, I think it will
need to encrypted with some application that is available for both, and will
not be usable on / (perhaps /home will work for you). If you want it mounted
during the boot process you'll probably need to do some customization (make
an initscript or and some stuff to rc.local).
Depending on what you are really trying to do, virtualization may be another
path to getting what you want.
I also use virtualization, but unfortunately I sometimes I have to use
Windows directly.
Thanks.
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