Detached LUKS header

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Dec 30, 2017, 12:06:53 PM12/30/17

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Hello!
One simple question: is it possible to setup Qubes OS with detached LUKS header and store it on bootable USB key?
Tried custom installation, but seems that the GUI thingie doesn't recognize LUKS partition without the header :(
With archlinux this was a breeze.

Andrew David Wong

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Dec 31, 2017, 10:25:30 PM12/31/17

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I haven't personally tried it, but I can't immediately think of
anything preventing it. You won't be able to do it via the GUI
installer, but you should be able to do it from the command-line. I
suggest taking inspiration from here:

https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/custom-install/

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Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org

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spi...@gmail.com

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Jan 1, 2018, 12:14:27 PM1/1/18

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> I haven't personally tried it, but I can't immediately think of
> anything preventing it. You won't be able to do it via the GUI
> installer, but you should be able to do it from the command-line. I
> suggest taking inspiration from here:
>
> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/custom-install/
>
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> Andrew David Wong (Axon)
> Community Manager, Qubes OS
> https://www.qubes-os.org
>

I did look at this link as I already said.
But the thing is that there are no info on how to install it
without using the GUI. I guess I could look into the installer code,
but I didn't try it for now

Andrew David Wong

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Jan 1, 2018, 6:23:34 PM1/1/18

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On 2018-01-01 11:14, spi...@gmail.com wrote:
>> I haven't personally tried it, but I can't immediately think of
>> anything preventing it. You won't be able to do it via the GUI
>> installer, but you should be able to do it from the command-line.
>> I suggest taking inspiration from here:
>>
>> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/custom-install/
>>
>

> I did look at this link as I already said.

Oh, I didn't know you were referring to that document. I thought you
meant that you clicked on the "custom" button in the GUI installer or
something.

> But the thing is that there are no info on how to install it
> without using the GUI. I guess I could look into the installer
> code, but I didn't try it for now
>

Yeah, I see what you mean. I don't know whether there's a way to
complete the installation without the GUI, and I can't recall anyone
discussing it on the list. However, the Qubes installer is mostly the
same as the Fedora installer, so if there's a way to do it when
installing Fedora, there's a good chance the same method would apply
in Qubes.

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Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org

Tom Zander

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Jan 2, 2018, 4:39:02 AM1/2/18

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On Monday, 1 January 2018 18:14:27 CET spi...@gmail.com wrote:
> I did look at this link as I already said.
> But the thing is that there are no info on how to install it
> without using the GUI.

if you get to the installer you can use alt-f1 to get to a native TTY. There
are several of them and at least one is a bling bash which has root.
Not sure how easy it is to use, but that may just be the entry point you
were looking for.

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