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#1 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008, 10:15 AM

Hi.
I'm installing Slackware 12.1 and I'm encrypting the entire file
system (except /boot).
I'm following the instructions, but when I'm editing lilo.conf and
changing the linux bootable config and then try to run lilo I get
(besides those warnings):

Fatal: Illegal 'root' specification: /dev/mapper/cryptroot

I'm pretty sure I did everything correctly. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

#2 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008, 10:15 AM

Sorry, my bad.
I did the procedure all over again, and this time it worked.

Thanks for the walkthrough

On 6 Maj, 18:49, slaskbr...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi.
> I'm installing Slackware 12.1 and I'm encrypting the entire file
> system (except /boot).
> I'm following the instructions, but when I'm editing lilo.conf and
> changing the linux bootable config and then try to run lilo I get
> (besides those warnings):
>
> Fatal: Illegal 'root' specification: /dev/mapper/cryptroot
>
> I'm pretty sure I did everything correctly. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.

#3 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008, 10:15 AM

slaskbrev1@gmail.com <slaskbrev1@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm following the instructions, but when I'm editing lilo.conf and

Just curious - which instructions?

- Kurt

#4 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008, 06:20 PM

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On 7 Maj, 03:22, ~kurt <actinouran...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> slaskbr...@gmail.com <slaskbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm following the instructions, but when I'm editing lilo.conf and
>
> Just curious - which instructions?
>
> - Kurt

http://slackware.oregonstate.edu/sla...ADME_CRYPT.TXT

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