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
I would really appreciate any ideas or suggestions!
Best regards,
John
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