The UUID works fine without bash for unencrypted ext3 partitions. The UUID hack I am talking about is for finding which device to decrypt based on the UUID of the LUKS partition.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/18/07,
<b class="gmail_sendername">Karsten Hopp</b> <<a href="mailto:karsten@redhat.com">karsten@redhat.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thomas Swan schrieb:<br>> Here's another go.<br>><br>> This patch applies to the current mkinitrd SRPM set (except the<br>> mkinitrd.spec file) and the patched mkinitrd package is available via<br>> yum at <
<a href="http://www.cygnetech.com/linux/repos/">http://www.cygnetech.com/linux/repos/</a>><br>><br>> I incorporated the feedback I have received and have changed the patches<br>> to use options stored in /etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd.
<br>><br>> I have one option in development that will let you boot and reference<br>> the root filesystem by UUID, but it's not finished yet. The current<br>> developmental UUID hack relies on bash and find included in the initrd
<br>> image, but I want a static binary or cryptsetup patch.<br>><br>> I'm also exploring creating some screens for anaconda, but that's a<br>> steep learning curve.<br>><br>> Should encryption be an option on the disk partition option or an option
<br>> to pick the type of installation right after the greeting?<br>><br><br><br>UUID support needs a patch in e2fsprogs which I've submitted upstream for<br>review some time ago. This makes bash hacks obsolete. My system is running
<br>with UUIDs only in fstab and crypttab, there are no hardcoded device names<br>required anymore.<br>Please note that I've achieved this with the mkinitrd patch available in<br><a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=124789">
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=124789</a> , but I'll take<br>a look at your patch as well.<br>There's also a wiki page about encryption at<br><a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureEncryptedFilesystems">
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