How to open an USB's encrypted /boot automatically
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My situation is a bit unique:
The scenario ~
I have successfully encrypted my root partition and boot partitions. My boot partition lies on my usb along with the /boot/efi on a separate unencrypted partition on the usb. I use grub and my system works fine as is. But, I would love to skip the boot password (since i will keep my usb secure) and really just encrypted the /boot partition as a just in case measure. So, I have a keyfile already linked to the /boot partition and its well hidden and disguised so nobody can assume its there on the /boot/efi unencrypted partition within the usb.
With all that said, how can i get grub to use this keyfile to decrypt the boot partition at boot? (I saw a tutorial that demonstrates something similar to this om the arch wiki dm-crypt page, but its methods didn't work because they could be outdated?)
Or is there a better method of securing my boot usb to be suggested? I even tried to just use veracrypt hidden volumes on linux with little success.
Asked by decode boi
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Aug 29, 2024, 01:41 PM
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