Re: GuixSD encrypted root?

[Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>]

On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 06:04:25PM +0200, Danny Milosavljevic wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 16:22:16 +0200
> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
> 
> > Encrypted root file systems are not supported yet (some people managed
> > to work around the lack of support, but that’s somewhat fragile.)
> > 
> > Good news is we’re getting there!  You can track progress at
> > <http://bugs.gnu.org/21843>.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Yeah, but even using a non-required-for-boot encrypted filesystem (i.e. not an encrypted root, just encrypted home) doesn't work. As soon as I add "mount? #t" it hangs.
> 
> I'm now using a workaround where it's specified using "mount? #f" and I mount it using a autorun script in my homedir (using "mount /x"). That works fine.
> 
> You're using an encrypted home, right? Does it work for you?

This works for me, with an encrypted /home on ext4. The boot process
stops and waits for me to decrypt /home, but otherwise there are no
complications.

> 
> It's always very broken when I try - both guix reconfigure and sometimes the next boot process (!) hang.
>