GELI on root partition -- problems

[R. B. Riddick]

--- Fluffles <etc at fluffles.net> wrote:
> guess). It seems many things in FreeBSD assume the "a" partition to be /
> (root), and that it holds the kernel. So really, *how* do i setup this
> GELI-on-root feature?
> 
Hi!

I have no experience with geli, but I like to install without sysinstall...

But if u want to use sysinstall,

1. u could install everything as if u dont want to use geli on the a-partition,

2. then u create the partition with letter "d"
   then u setup geli on "d"

3. then u could use cpio to copy everything but /boot to ur geli partition

4. then u could change certain variables in /boot/loader
   e. g.: rootdev="disk1s1d"
     I do not know, which disk number u should use
     (but it would be the same like in currdev in ur case)...
     Maybe u want to try the option "6" (or so?), so that u can type something
     before ur box boots?

I hope I dont cause any damage with my "advice" and that u have sufficient
backup...

Bye
Arne


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