![]() ![]() $ cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda5 sda5_crypt Now with all CD components loaded and disk detected, select ‘Execute a shell’ at the bottom of the menu options to enter BusyBox and type:.Otherwise Ash will not be able to decrypt and mount the LUKS volume to a relevant path. ![]() Next, skip to detect disk, which is required for the next step.Here, to be safe, select all components.ĭon’t forget to select all the options (for good measure) You can then continue through the installation process as normal language, country, keyboard layout, detecting hardware, up until loading CD components.Select expert install option from the Advance options menu, in order to have full control over the Debian installer and access to BusyBox’s Ash shell.This method isn’t available with the with Debian’s net installer. Boot up to installer using a complete installation image (iso).This has been tested on Debian Jessie 8, Stretch 9 and Kali 2.0.įortunately the solution is relatively simple, as I’m sure many people have already discovered although not documented: Note: The installer does have the option to set up LVM, but unfortunately does not have a built-into-installer solution for decrypting and mounting a volume group. So this needs to be done from the Debian installer using BusyBox. ![]() Debian doesn’t have a Live version to unlock/decrypt a previously configured LVM volume group, Kali does have a Live version, but from 2.0 it is no longer possible to access the installer from the Live version, for whatever reason. I recently came across this problems and after searching online found limited information on how this was possible. You’d prefer one encrypted partition for your systems, rather than shrinking the size of one to create another. into a LUKS encrypted partition.Įxample: You have your disk already encrypted with other Linux system(s) present and now you want to install Debian / Kali 2.0 into this encrypted disk. A quick guide for those of you struggling to install Debian Stretch, Kali 2.0 or other Linux systems that use the Debian installer, into a previously configured LVM volume group – i.e. ![]()
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