Re: Full Disk Encryption

[sullentrapdoor <sullentrapdoor@airmail.cc>]

Thank you Joshua!

I appreciate you tracking down the commit (and committer). Searching 
Mikhail Tsykalov I did not find any way to give him a tip, but I did 
find a relevant issue that he published.

> Guix System in  current state can't boot from lvm partition because grub can't find 
kernel and initrd. This also applies to systems where /gnu/store is on 
lvm partition. Grub has lvm support in the form of "lvm" module, but it 
isn't loaded currently. Making grub config generator emit "insmod lvm" 
before grub starts accessing stuff on /gnu/store (so immediately after 
initial commit) will fix this.

https://issues.guix.info/44877


I am very new to Guix and Scheme so I am not sure how the aforementioned 
fixed can be implemented.

On 12/22/20 6:21 PM, Joshua Branson wrote:
> Hey sullentrapdoor@airmail.cc!
>
> Thanks for sharing that LVM support was added to guix!  I had not heard
> about that!  That's awesome!  And thanks Mikhail Tsykalov for committing
> it!  I'm pretty sure with a name like Mikhail, you have to be a genius.
> Am I right?
>
> For the commit message, it looks like LVM support was added on
> 11/25/2020.  So like, really recently.  It also looks like there has
> only been one commit:  The commit to package LVM, which includes the
> comment that guix currently doesn't support root-on-LVM.
>
> My intuition tells me that currently guix does not support /root on
> LVM.  I suppose it's just a little difficult to get that support set up
> at the moment.  But you could always give Mikhail a financial tip to add
> LVM /root support!  I'll chip in $5 toward this goal if you do!  Anyone
> else that wants this support, feel free to respond with however much you
> would donate for this support.
>
> Man this is super cool news!  I've really wanted to play around with LVM
> for quite some time now!
>
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