[aklug] Re: ARrrgg

On Sat, 11 Apr 2009, Christopher Howard wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Apr 2009, Shane R. Spencer wrote:
>
>> Christopher Howard wrote:
>>> On Sat, 11 Apr 2009, Christopher Howard wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 11 Apr 2009, Christopher Howard wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 11 Apr 2009, Christopher Howard wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Have you ever tried to set up RAID + encryption + LVM, and some how
>>>>>> managed to bork the process 5 times in a row?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (beats head against wall...)
>>>>>>
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>>>>> System installation seems to be working now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Linux tip of the day: Don't try to encrypt your kernel. Apparently that
>>>>> confuses the system.
>>>>>
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>>>> Nevermind, I thought the system was working. Somehow I managed to bork my
>>>> graphics. Whenever X starts, I only get bars of color.
>>>>
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>>>
>>> I think I've got this graphics issue fixed. Apparently I had to install
>>> the NVIDIA 6 series drivers in advance.
>>>
>>
>> Thats kinda funny, encrypting the raid, etc.. making it more secure so
>> that the gubment can't steal your drive and take all your MSN contacts..
>> What's funny to me is the primary input system wasn't working.. kinda
>> hard to get sensitive information out of a system you can't even use to
>> put sensitive information onto.
>>
>> What dist are you dealing with again?
>>
>> - Shane
>>
>>
>
> MSN contacts?!? MSN is a swear word on my network.
>
> I doubt the government would want any of the info on my hard drives. More
> for protection against robbers and hacker friends. Gives me a good feeling
> knowing that all my passwords, SSH keys, financial information, etc. would
> be a little harder to get to than just a simple BIOS reset and a boot into
> a knoppix CD.
>
> Actually my primary input system (virtual console) was working fine. Just
> couldn't start X11. Installing the NVIDIA drivers fixed everything.
>
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Oh, and that's Debian amd64 Lenny.

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