Hi all,
I was reading the post about encrypting a file system and since i had just recently killed my poor pipe smoking penguin i decided to try it. following the instructions on http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar...ADME_CRYPT.TXT i found my self booting into nothing but this "L 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99... for about 50 more" i'm not quite sure where i went wrong, the only thing i can think of is that i have a bad disc and lilo is the part that got corrupted. any ideas? I was encrypting the whole root fs.

/dev/hda1 = /boot approx 250meg
/dev/hda2 = / 59.5gb
/dev/hda3 = swap approx 250meg

Thanks in advance.

There are two things that need to be corrected, and you will find them in the URL mentioned at the bottom of that file, located here.

I've set this up several times, with and without LVM, if you need more help.

Ah i will give it a try. Thanks!

Well it still doesn't work, using the new install method with the extra bit at the end i am still getting the error on boot "L 99 99 99 99 99 99..." I am starting to think that this is a corrupted Lilo. just incase however this is what i did.
1. boot huge.s (i've had problems with the smp)
2. cfdisk
3. make a 100mb linux partition /dev/hda1
4. make a 59.5gb Linux partition /dev/hda2
5. make a 400mb Swap parition /dev/hda3
6. write the partition table
7. cryptsetup -s 256 -y luksFormat /dev/hda2
8. cryptsetup luksDump /dev/hda2 (this is mainly to confirm the info)
9. cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/hda2 cryptroot
10. setup
11. Set my root to /dev/mapper/cryptroot ext3
12. set my /boot to /dev/hda1 ext3
13. install slackware
14. make my lilo.conf file
15. install to the root of /dev/mapper/cryptroot
14. mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc
mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys
mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev
chroot /mnt
15. mkinitrd -c -k 2.6.21.5 -m ext3 -f ext3 -r cryptroot -C /dev/hda2 -L
16. edit the lilo.conf file
17. point the boot to /dev/hda1
18. add the initrd = initrd.gz to the linux part
19. run 'lilo'
20. reboot

Your mistake is probably that you do not have any OS installed in the MBR of your computer.
The README_CRYPT.TXT is not complete in it's coverage of installation instructions for LILO. MOre information is found on the 'errata' page - you can find its URL on the bottom of the README_CRYPT.TXT.

Eric

I've been having trouble with this myself,
these are the steps that finally worked.

cfdisk:
hda1 100MB, hda2 29 GB, hda3 approx. 1 GB for swap.
# cryptsetup -s 256 -y luksFormat /dev/hda2
# cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/hda2 cryptroot
# setup
select / = /dev/mapper/cryptroot (formatted to ext3)
select /boot = /dev/hda1 (also ext3)
install Slackware.

lilo:
No chainloading going on,
so lilo will be installed to the MBR:
boot = /dev/hda (NOT /dev/hda1)
root = /dev/mapper/cryptroot

finish install.

# echo "cryptroot /dev/hda2" > /mnt/etc/crypttab
(edit: You don't need this. By the time /etc/crypttab is available,
the root partition is already being decrypted.
If other partitions need decrypting, the passphrase (or path to a key-file)
can be placed in /etc/crypttab. Keeps you from entering multiple passwords.
Unless you think this compromises security.)


# mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc
# mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys
# mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev
error here, so: # cp -a /dev/mapper /mnt/dev
# chroot /mnt

# mkinitrd -c -k 2.6.21.5-smp -m ext3 -f ext3 -r cryptroot -C /dev/hda2 -L

# vim /etc/lilo.conf
add initrd = /boot/initrd.gz
This is the only change to make!

save, exit.
# lilo
reboot.

ok thanks for the walkthrough wadsworth, i will give it a try and report back.

Aha it works! Thank you very much wadsworth!

Glad its working. But one of those commands wasn't necessary.
You won't need an /etc/crypttab if only the root partition is encrypted.
Doesn't do any harm though.
I stuck a note in post #6.