[arch-general] Installation: How to get HDD > LUKS > GPT working in a clean way

[Merlin Büge]

Hi,


> On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 04:48:18PM +0100, Merlin Büge wrote:
> > I'm currently installing Arch on my laptop (Thinkpad T400), and have decided
> > for a rather unusual partition scheme: A single LUKS container directly on
> > the disk (SSD) with a GPT partition table and two partitions inside it: one
> > for SWAP, the other one for the system and everyting else, formatted with
> > Btrfs.
> 
> Why is it unusual? Everyone does this: LUKS on a raw block device, then LVM or
> btrfs subvolumes inside it.

Because in my case LUKS occupies the hole physical disk. I think not everyone
does this. Or, because I have GPT inside a LUKS container, which obviously
does not run out-of-the-box.


> > The laptop runs libreboot, so I have GRUB2 as a payload inside the flash chip
> > which I use to decrypt the LUKS container and load a GRUB configfile
> > located at /boot/grub/grub.cfg (generated by grub-mkconfig). This works fine.
> 
> Where is /boot physically located? Can grub2 boot from LV these days?

/boot is physically located on my only storage drive in the laptop.
It's not a seperate partition, just on the Btrfs filesystem.


> Can grub2 boot from LV these days?

I don't know (nor do I need).


Regards

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Merlin Büge <toni at bluenox07.de>