vfs.root.mountfrom with geli

[mhca12]

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Fabian Keil wrote:
> mhca12 <mhca12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I followed the guide on dan.me.uk to install FreeBSD 9.1 amd64
>> but I get always stuck because the kernel doesn't ask me for the
>> passphrase and doesn't find the /dev/gpt/enc.eli where enc is the
>> label I gave to the root partition. I also tried with /dev/ada0p3.eli
>> without success.
>>
>> Tried the following two /boot/loader.config variations:
>> 1:
>> geom_eli_load="YES"
>> vfs.root.mountfrom=”ufs:/dev/gpt/enc.eli”
>> 2:
>> geom_eli_load="YES"
>> vfs.root.mountfrom=”ufs:/dev/ada0p3.eli”
>>
>> I can geli attach /dev/gpt/enc or /dev/ada0p3 successfully from
>> the livecd.
>>
>> Can you advise me what I might have done wrong or what I
>> should try?
>>
>> https://www.dan.me.uk/blog/2012/05/05/full-disk-encryption-in-freebsd-9-x-well-almost/
>
> This guide doesn't seem to match your configuration.
> It uses ada0p3.eli for swapping and additionally uses keyfiles.
>
> Without knowing your actual configuration it's impossible to
> give proper advice. You could check with "geli list ada0p3" if
> the boot flag is set, but that's obviously just a wild guess ...

Forgot to list my simpler setup:
ada0p1 freebsd-boot
ada0p2 freebsd-ufs label boot /boot
ada0p3 geli freebsd-ufs label enc /

Do I have to set the boot flag for any of them?