Kubuntu 9.10: LUKS-encrypt entire partition

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Published on 2010-02-17T10:32:25Z Indexed on 2010/04/02 10:03 UTC
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Hi,

In older versions of Ubuntu, mainly 8.04, I could encrypt en entire partition using LUKS, and mount it as /. the /boot directory was mounted on another partition.

At boot time, I had to enter my password to enable any access to anything other than /boot.

In Kubuntu 9.10, I only have the option to encrypt my /home/adam directory, which is a bit of a problem for me because I have sensitive data located in other directories.

Any ideas how to set up LUKS for the entire disk, preferably during installation?

Thanks in advance,

Adam

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