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Can't install Kubuntu 24.04 or Lubuntu 24.04 in encrypted partition
I tried installing these several times, but the same error keeps occurring every time. During installation, I selected manual partitioning, created an ext4 partition, checked the encrypt box, entered ...
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Ubuntu 24.04 installer not showing encrypted lvm partitions (luks)
I want to replace my ubuntu 22.04 install which is in an encrypted lvm with new Ubuntu 24.04.
I unlocked to crypted partition :
sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/nvme0n1p3 nvme0n1p3_crypt
password: ok
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Installing ubuntu 24.04 encrypted, along with Windows with BitLocker on the same hard drive
I've attempted to install Ubuntu Beta 24.04 on a new laptop that originally came with Windows 11 Home and disk encryption enabled (BitLocker). During the installation process, the installer raised an ...
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How to reinstall Ubuntu on encrypted SSD?
Ubuntu crashed and I am no longer able to boot. I'd like to keep or recover files on the encrypted SSD.
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How to get around 'device in use' error when preseeding Ubuntu 22.04 install with encrypted LVM
I am trying to make a custom install ISO for Ubuntu with Cubic and Ubiquity's preseed option. I have been tearing my hair out trying to get it to automatically partition the entire disk as an ...
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Partition disk when installing ubuntu using LVM
I am trying to partition my disk when installing my ubuntu image:
What am trying to achieve is:
Set up 3 main partitions / , /var and /home
encrypt all 3 paritions using LVM encryption module ...
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full disk encryption with separate /home partition
I would like to install ubuntu 22.04 with full disk encryption, but having /home on a separate LVM partition, instead of having /home and / on the same partition.
Debian has been providing this for a ...
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Self Encrypting SSD and Full Disk Encrytpion
I have a self encrypting Internal SSD from Samsung. I am clean installing Ubuntu 22.04 on my Laptop (1 TB PCIe 4 SSD, 32 GB DDR4 RAM, Intel i5-1240P), do I need to enable Full disk encryption (an ...
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Best way to complete Full Disk Encryption with Lubuntu 22.04 [closed]
Edit: So I figured everything out, as described in detail here: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2476642
The Lubuntu 22.04 installer with the FDE option doesn't use a /boot-partition at all. ...
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How to install over existing installation on an encrypted filesystem?
Is there a way to configure the Ubuntu installer to re-install over an existing Ubuntu installation on an encrypted filesystem?
# lsblk
nvme0n1 259:0 0 1.8T 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 ...
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Full re-install of 20.04 on encrypted drive
I have a Dell (XPS 13) laptop that has an existing installation of 20.04. I need to format the disk and re-install 20.04, so I created a live USB and started up the installation process. However, ...
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How to create two separate installs of Ubuntu 20.04 on two disks?
I have 3 NVME drives. I want to install Ubuntu 20.04 on two of them, and Windows on the 3rd. So far I have Ubuntu on disk 1, and Windows 11 on disk 3. I am able to select which OS to boot from during ...
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How to set up a system for UK medical practise
I am a full-time UK doctor and I am not a computer expert but I do like to be in control – and so I have spent some time researching how to do this, keeping notes as I did so I can do it again if ...
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UEFI Grub fails to boot encrypted Ubuntu 21.04 system: can't find command `cryptomount'
I am manually (i.e. via custom scripts) installing an Ubuntu 21.04 system.
My GPT disk has two partitions. An EFI System Partition, and a LUKS (version 1) encrypted BTRFS partition.
On boot, grub ...
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Why won't a new Ubuntu 20.04.2 install mount old encrypted home directories? [duplicate]
I keep home directories on a separate /home partition. When I reinstall Ubuntu (generally Ubuntu-Mate), I format the root partition but keep /home and create user accounts in the same order with the ...
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