Trying to set up encryption on Gentoo.
It's getting REALLY tiresome. Instead of first trying it on a VM, of course I did it on hardware right away hence I can't use my main computer right now.
>/boot is unencrypted and both initramfs and kernel reside on there.
>I specified the mapper name "cryptroot" in the grub and dracut.conf.
>picrel is what happens when it asks for the key. It shows a bunch of gibberish
>I can still enter the password and it encrypts accordingly, just NOT USING THE MAPPER NAME I SPECIFIED
>waits a few minutes maybe
>shows error message "can't boot: cryptroot not found"
yes I rebuilt both configs everytime after changing anything.
I also added a crypttab in the hope that this would help in some way.
here's the "rdsreport.txt" showing the full boot log of the initramfs:
https://pastebin.com/9zBY1TmP
crypttab:
Code:
cryptroot /dev/disk/by-uuid/85499172-bc5f-407e-a9ff-a891f0f71143 none luks
Code:
dracut.conf:
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install_items+=" /etc/crypttab "
early_microcode="yes"
add_dracutmodules+=" btrfs crypt dm uefi-lib "
omit_dracutmodules+=" network cifs nfs brltty "
compress="zstd"
kernel_cmdline="
rd.luks.uuid=a18375d2-4470-4c81-91be-abde1e6d8456
root=/dev/mapper/cryptroot
rd.luks.allow-discards
raid=noautodetect
rootfstype=btrfs "
grub:
Code:
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# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
#
# To populate all changes in this file you need to regenerate your
# grub configuration file afterwards:
# 'grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg'
#
# See the grub info page for documentation on possible variables and
# their associated values.
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=UUID=a18375d2-4470-4c81-91be-abde1e6d8456:cryptroot:allow-discards root=/dev/mapper/cryptroot"
GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Gentoo"
# Default menu entry
#GRUB_DEFAULT=0
# Boot the default entry this many seconds after the menu is displayed
#GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
#GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu
# Append parameters to the linux kernel command line
#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
#
# Examples:
#
# Boot with network interface renaming disabled
# GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="net.ifnames=0"
#
# Boot with systemd instead of sysvinit (openrc)
# GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd"
# Append parameters to the linux kernel command line for non-recovery entries
#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console
# The resolution used on graphical terminal.
# Note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE.
# You can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'.
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
# Set to 'text' to force the Linux kernel to boot in normal text
# mode, 'keep' to preserve the graphics mode set using
# 'GRUB_GFXMODE', 'WIDTHxHEIGHT'['xDEPTH'] to set a particular
# graphics mode, or a sequence of these separated by commas or
# semicolons to try several modes in sequence.
#GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=
# Path to theme spec txt file.
# The starfield is by default provided with use truetype.
# NOTE: when enabling custom theme, ensure you have required font/etc.
#GRUB_THEME="/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt"
# Background image used on graphical terminal.
# Can be in various bitmap formats.
#GRUB_BACKGROUND="/boot/grub/mybackground.png"
# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to kernel
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
# Comment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=PARTUUID=xxx" parameter to kernel
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_PARTUUID=false
# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
# Uncomment to disable generation of the submenu and put all choices on
# the top-level menu.
# Besides the visual affect of no sub menu, this makes navigation of the
# menu easier for a user who can't see the screen.
#GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=y
# Uncomment to play a tone when the main menu is displayed.
# This is useful, for example, to allow users who can't see the screen
# to know when they can make a choice on the menu.
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="60 800 1"
I am absolutely clueless as to what to do. Is this the kernel somehow being misconfigured or dracut?
