Bruno Wolff III <bruno <at> wolff.to> writes: > > For my laptop I would like to install the OS on a LVM+dmcrypt > > configuration. Is there a way to get an advanced installer to choose the > > crypto details (as algorithm for encryption and hash, key size and so on)? > > With the livecd it seems all is choosen by it. > > No. You'd have to lay out the partitions ahead of time. With a livecd > you'd be able to do that though. so do you mean I should format my disk, prepare the two layer configuration (lvm and dmcrypt) as I prefer and then simply install over it, after mounting the prepared disk (probably I should choose: substitute the actual linux installation -coculd be different, I used the localized version-)? Ok, should be aesily feasable. > > > Another question, the dvd installation and the live cd one give different > > results? I mean, they install the very same packages set or not? > > With live DVDs and CDs you get whatever is installed on the live image. > You eseentially copy the file systems to disk. (In fact the root file > system type of the install has to match that of the image.) > With the install DVD you select which packages to install. So they is > no gauranty they will be the same. If you want a fixed set of packages, then > the normal mechanism is to use a kickstart file. > ok, actualy I would prefer a minimal installation set and then add what I want with yum and his friends, I noticed a netinstall disk or similar, I'll give a look. Thanks for your time. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
