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Truecrypt boot loader 7.1 a windows 8#

Initrd16 ($boot)/truecrypt-rescue-disk.iso The exact file you edit may vary for other distributions.

Configure GRUB2 to load TrueCrypt using Syslinuxįor Debian/Ubuntu, the easiest way is to edit the /etc/grub.d/40_custom file.

The output should look something like this: You can read this from /etc/fstab, or with the following command (substitute the proper device name for your boot partition):

Determine the UUID of your boot partition.

Or if you burned the image straight to a CD, you can accomplish the same thing with dd (again as root, with the CD in the drive):ĭd if=/dev/cdrom of=/boot/truecrypt-rescue-disk.iso For example (as root):Ĭp /mnt/TrueCrypt\ Rescue\ Disk.iso /boot/truecrypt-rescue-disk.iso

Truecrypt boot loader 7.1 a iso#

If you saved the TrueCrypt Rescue ISO to a USB stick, you just need to copy the file (called TrueCrypt Rescue Disk.iso by default) to /boot/truecrypt-rescue-disk.iso. (Hint: use ‘find’ or ‘locate’ to find it): For other distributions, the installed location of the ‘memdisk’ file may be different. Copy ‘memdisk’ file into place for use by GRUB2Īgain, for Debian/Ubuntu.The procedure, which I borrowed pretty much exactly from the grub2tc README is to: This wll overwrite the TrueCrypt boot loader, but we’ll remedy that shortly.

Truecrypt boot loader 7.1 a install#

So, go ahead and install to the MBR for now. I had absolutely no luck with these tutorials. Many tutorials for getting GRUB2 to work with TrueCrypt say not to do this, and instead to install to your boot partition (/dev/sda3 in this case). When you install Linux, be sure to install GRUB2, and install it to the MBR. Otherwise an attacker may be able to read passwords or other private info from the swap partition–especially if they gain access to your system while it is hybernated (suspended to disk). Note that it is important that your swap space is encrypted. /dev/mapper/vg0-swap – Linux swap space./dev/mapper/vg0-root – Linux / partition.

/dev/sda4 – Encrypted Linux volume, mapped to /dev/dm-0.When I had finished this step, my disk layout looked like this (from the Linux standpoint): Then configure the rest of your disk with encryption, LVM, whatever. If you’re doing disk encryption (and I’m sure you are if you’re reading this), be sure to create a small (~500mb should be fine) /boot partition that is not encrypted. I choose Debian, but these instructions ought to work fine with Ubuntu, or practically any other variation of Linux. But you will need this later for this procedure. I used a USB stick, but you could burn it to an actual CD just as well. Be sure to encrypt only the System drive not the entire disk!īe sure to copy the TrueCrypt Rescue CD image somewhere handy. Install TrueCrypt, and encrypt your system drive.In my case, this meant running the restore CD that came with my computer. Here’s the step-by-step to make it all work: Unfortunately, grub2tc didn’t actually work for me, but their docs did! Although, after 2 days of fighting, I finally found a simple solution, thanks to the README file that comes with grub2tc.

Truecrypt boot loader 7.1 a windows 8#

Getting Windows 7 (or Windows 8 or Windows Vista) with TrueCrypt to play nicely with GRUB2 is quite a chore.