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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-11-01 22:14:47 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-11-01 22:24:20 +0100
commit6d6e628119a043b3d8dd309d3e6d5a35bcd37618 (patch)
tree673c7fc50dce36b6d7f27096be04a8b553dc52ad /gnu/system/examples
parentb8d2eda4a37a7e4c9fb529bd48899d87cefaf345 (diff)
doc: Give an example with an encrypted root partition.
* gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Add 'mapped-devices' field. Use it in 'file-systems'. * doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Suggest encrypted partitions. Give an example of a command sequence.
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diff --git a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
index 988b8f937f..41f66f693a 100644
--- a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
+++ b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
@@ -13,9 +13,17 @@
;; Assuming /dev/sdX is the target hard disk, and "root" is
;; the label of the target root file system.
(bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sdX")))
+
+ ;; Here we assume that /dev/sdX1 contains a LUKS-encrypted
+ ;; root partition created with 'cryptsetup luksFormat'.
+ (mapped-devices (list (mapped-device
+ (source "/dev/sdX1")
+ (target "root-partition")
+ (type luks-device-mapping))))
+
+ ;; Mount said encrypted partition.
(file-systems (cons (file-system
- (device "root")
- (title 'label)
+ (device "/dev/mapper/root-partition")
(mount-point "/")
(type "ext4"))
%base-file-systems))