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Broken boot due to bad startup script
While trying to set up a usb key to unlock an encrypted OS drive on ubuntu 24.04 server, I accidentally created a broken script (typed rather than copy-pasting) and the system will no longer boot. I ...
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Full Disk Encryption With Custom Storage Layout During Ubuntu 24.04 Installation?
During installation of fresh Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, when i select custom storage layout i can not see any option to encrypt the full disk and we are told full disk encryption is available during fresh ...
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boot partition encrypted and not detected by grub
I have ubuntu installed with boot unecrypted and root encrypted. To get boot encrypted, I have created 4GB new boot partition encrypted and copied everything from first plain boot partition. For grub, ...
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unlocking LUKS root partition with FIDO2 Yubikey (and ideally without dracut)
I enrolled my FIDO2 Yubikey device as a way to unlock my encrypted partition:
/etc/crypttab
dm_crypt-0 UUID=78768999-69dd-44ba-8858-dd0c2ecbc2b5 none luks
dm_crypt-0 UUID=78768999-69dd-44ba-8858-...
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Booting into recovery mode turns my screen into "Braille" hieroglyphs?
I am running a Ubuntu 22.04 with LUX full disk encryption in a VM. I just finished configuring GRUB to require a password using this answer, and to only require a password when changing settings using ...
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Booting from encrypted disk image on USB drive
I'd like to make a USB drive on which I can store a number of liveCDs (ubuntu installer for example).
So far, I'm able to select an ISO in Grub, and boot from it.
What I'd like to do is either:
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Do not ask for LUKS password at boot
LUKS is used on a Ubuntu 22 PC to encrypt the whole disk.
So, each time the PC is booted, 2 passwords are requested: LUKS password to decrypt the disk, then the login password to log in.
Is it ...
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How to recover a deleted LUKS partition
I have created a LUKS encrypted pen drive with the gnome-disks tool, but a time ago I have accidentally formatted the disk, losing the partition.
I tried to recuperate the partition stored on sda1 ...
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Volume group "encrypted" not found - error message during boot - I did not set up any volume groups
It was working the previous days normally, but suddenly I got this error message during the boot somewhere around the end of init-premount or beginning of local-bottom or in-between.
Volume group &...
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Can't warm boot with custom MOK
I can no longer warm boot after enrolling a self-signed MOK. However, there is no issue if I try to cold boot.
During warm boot, after I enter a decryption key for LUKS, I get a 'Set up successfully' ...
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How can I install old HDD with Ubuntu 20.04 full disk encryption from old PC hardware(Intel) to new PC hardware(AMD)
I had an old PC (Intel) with a HDD encrypted with Ubuntu 20.04 full disk encryption. Unfortunately, the hardware failed. Thankfully, the HDD seems intact. So I bought a new AMD-based PC (new CPU, new ...
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Disk decryption on boot not working on Lubuntu
There's a prompt on boot. After entering my password and hitting enter nothing happens and boot doesn't continue. It just freezes. I'm on 22.04.3.
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How to automatically unlock on boot a Ubuntu encrypted boot disk drive?
Please, there is any way to easily auto unlock encrypted boot disk on Ubuntu, as we have using bitlocker on Windows? I saw this process, but I don't think that it will work (seems that I am not using ...
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My ubuntu 22.04.2 wont boot after successful LUKS decryption
my disk is encrypted using LUKS and everytime I open my pc I always need to provide the write password before I can log in into my device, so as usual I open my pc ready to work, and as usual I was ...
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After full disk encryption: set output for successfull password
I recently set-up a new Ubuntu 22.04 system with full disk encryption
following this guide. Everything seems to work fine.
However, the UX is not perfect. Upon start-up I get prompted to enter my ...
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