Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4656 mails)

[Kenneth Schneider <suse-list3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 01:00 -0800, John Brown wrote:
> Hello SUSE users,
> 
> I encrypted my laptop's hard disc using instructions from
> http://en.opensuse.org/
> Encrypted_Root_File_System_with_SUSE_HOWTO. (To be short, I now have
> LUKS-
> encrypted filesystems, and also a custom initrd image, which asks me for
> password 
> before every boot. I created the initrd image using a pached mkinitrd
> script.)
> 
> In my infinite stupidity, I decided that I need another kernel. I
> downloaded kenel's rpm 
> version, and it promptly overwrited my custom initrd image. Now, when I
> boot my laptop, 
> I am greeted with a message that my encrypted (cryptsetup-LUKS)
> filesystem is 
> unknown, and can't be mounted.
> 
> I tried to boot from CD using Knoppix, and execute mkinitrd from it, but
> it failed as it can't 
> find /etc/sysconfig/kernel (It's obvious that Knoppix does not have this
> folder). I can 
> mount my encrypted filesystems from Knoppix, so the question now is
> which command 
> line parameters should I give mkinitrd so that it correctly creates
> initrd - finds my kernel  
> and copies it to my boot (unencrypted) partition
> 

Before running mkinitrd use chroot to the mount point of the encrypted
filesystem. That will have the command operate on that filesystem.

-- 
Ken Schneider
UNIX  since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE  since 1998

-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxx
For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@xxxxxxxxxxxx