> My new laptop is cool, except for Linux

#1 2024-04-22 01:48:19

I have an M.2 disk, luks encrypted that boots and runs great when I have it in a USB shell, externally connected.

I want to put the disk in the laptop nvme slot and use it from there.

I think I know what I have to do here, which is to rewrite the boot block using grub, and regenerate the initrd with nvme drivers.

But it is a serious annoyance. Most people buy a new drive for this.

#2 2024-04-22 01:50:04

Framework?

#3 2024-04-22 05:11:42

help! AU#2 you're my only hope!

#4 2024-04-22 05:40:08

Install Windows.

#5 2024-04-22 11:08:21

Linux rofl When you're not quite gay enough for Apple

gaysign

#6 2024-04-22 11:11:44

Nothing says ‘autism’ quite like Linux.
Let me guess: Arch lLinux?

#7 2024-04-22 14:26:02

I'm not a lot of help because I use a regular /boot to then mount a LUKS encrypted /home LVM. I did that on purpose to make it easier for recovery and to move things around.

Just make sure that you have the LUKS header. I'd back the header up somewhere if you haven't already...

This might be of some help to you:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/dm-cry … ire_system

Note that if you are doing a full disk encryption including /boot, you usually gotta configure GRUB for that.

#8 2024-04-22 14:34:09

anon user #3 wrote:
I'm not a lot of help because I use a regular /boot to then mount a LUKS encrypted /home LVM. I did that on purpose to make it easier for recovery and to move things around.

Just make sure that you have the LUKS header. I'd back the header up somewhere if you haven't already...

This might be of some help to you:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/dm-cry … ire_system

Note that if you are doing a full disk encryption including /boot, you usually gotta configure GRUB for that.

Yeah, I would have done this using anaconda, which is using lvm with luks.

/boot is unencrypted.

This will take tinkering.

#9 2024-04-22 14:35:15

You're a cancer...shut the fuq up

#10 2024-04-22 14:40:12

Phillip_McCavity wrote:
Yeah, I would have done this using anaconda, which is using lvm with luks.

/boot is unencrypted.

This will take tinkering.

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#11 2024-04-22 22:16:50

Phillip_McCavity wrote:
Yeah, I would have done this using anaconda, which is using lvm with luks.

/boot is unencrypted.

This will take tinkering.

I'm sure you got it by now but it should be relatively easy then. It's been a while since I did it but I have /etc/crypttab set up which was a key part of getting it to work. Then you also have /etc/fstab and if listed there AFAIR systemd will usually mount the partitions from the lvm volumes. Of course it's best to use UUIDs where possible...

Feel free to PM me, if needed, and I can maybe help and also show you my config files as an example. thumbup

#12 2024-04-22 22:23:17

anon user #3 wrote:
I'm not a lot of help

But yet you are posting anyway! Amazing!

#13 2024-04-22 22:24:39

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But yet you are posting anyway! Amazing!

Well he did mention me by name in a post and ask for help, so.....

#14 2024-04-23 02:29:47

It's a bios bug.

#15 2024-04-23 02:44:10

Look at all this great conversation I missed out on by not being a techno-geek. In my industry, we just talked about lives and property saved.

#16 2024-04-23 02:55:09

Tom Leykis wrote:
Look at all this great conversation I missed out on by not being a techno-geek. In my industry, we just talked about lives and property saved.

ME!!!! ME!!!!! ME!!!!!

Why did you barge into this thread, Tom?

#17 2024-04-23 03:00:40

Sockpuppet wrote:
ME!!!! ME!!!!! ME!!!!!

Why did you barge into this thread, Tom?

You can tell us about trains rumbling by, shytloaf.

#18 2024-04-23 03:53:40

anon user #3 wrote:
I'm not a lot of help because I use a regular /boot to then mount a LUKS encrypted /home LVM. I did that on purpose to make it easier for recovery and to move things around.

Just make sure that you have the LUKS header. I'd back the header up somewhere if you haven't already...

This might be of some help to you:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/dm-cry … ire_system

Note that if you are doing a full disk encryption including /boot, you usually gotta configure GRUB for that.

My Apple Silicon Mac is encrypted at initial power up. No Linux misery.
AU3, are you an Arch fan?

#19 2024-04-23 03:56:44

Who manufactured your new toy? Lenovo? Framework?
You were going down the Framework path.

#20 2024-04-23 04:06:48

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Who manufactured your new toy? Lenovo? Framework?
You were going down the Framework path.

Framework.

Lenovo wouldn't have this kind of issue.

#21 2024-04-23 07:38:02

Phillip_McCavity wrote:
I have an M.2 disk, luks encrypted that boots and runs great when I have it in a USB shell, externally connected.

I want to put the disk in the laptop nvme slot and use it from there.

I think I know what I have to do here, which is to rewrite the boot block using grub, and regenerate the initrd with nvme drivers.

But it is a serious annoyance. Most people buy a new drive for this.

A new M.2 2280 2TB stick is around $130 in these parts.
You’ll spend more than $130 of your time trying to make it work.
Is it worth it?

#22 2024-04-23 12:16:04

https://wccftech.com/lenovo-qualcomm-sn … 20th-april

Snapdragon X, anyone?

#23 2024-04-23 12:32:09

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My Apple Silicon Mac is encrypted at initial power up. No Linux misery.
AU3, are you an Arch fan?

Yes. I've been using Arch for well over a decade. But I also liked Gentoo. I've used just about every major Linux distro.

#24 2024-04-23 12:32:51

Phillip_McCavity wrote:
It's a bios bug.

That sucks...

#25 2024-04-23 12:33:04

anon user #3 wrote:
Yes. I've been using Arch for well over a decade. But I also liked Gentoo. I've used just about every major Linux distro.

If you're using Arch, you have quite a tolerance for pain & misery.

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