Re: Dual boot - Windows 10 and FreeBSD encrypted ZFS
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:13:52 UTC
On 7/30/25 04:40, Johan Helsingius wrote: > Hi, > > I have an older Lenovo laptop with Windows 10 on it. I would like > to have FreeBSD on it as well, with an encrypted file system. I have > managed to shrink the Windows partition so that there is a free > partition - but has anyone managed to install encrypted FreeBSD > into a partition instead of the whole disk? > > Julf Lucas FMSE chapter 11 [1] provides guidance for installing FreeBSD manually. If you want ZFS root, Lucas fmzfs chapter 8 [2] provides guidance. I once attempted a manual install with encrypted ZFS root, but got lost trying to combine all of the above. If the laptop disk is readily accessible, I would remove the Windows 10 disk, insert a blank disk, and install using the FreeBSD installer. If the laptop disk is not readily accessible, I would leave Windows 10 on the disk, install a hypervisor, create a virtual machine, and install into the VM using the FreeBSD installer. David [1] https://mwl.io/nonfiction/os#fmse [2] https://mwl.io/nonfiction/os#fmzfs