Full disk encryption for multiple disks

[Robie Basak]

I have set up this kind of arrangement by encrypting an LVM setup. Then
you have just a single passphrase to enter, and everything unlocks.

I can't remember what I had to do to set up this arrangement. It might
have been with the alternate installer. The laptop I have this
arrangement on is on 12.04.

On Sun, Feb 02, 2014 at 03:47:45PM +0100, Haug Bürger wrote:
> The installer has to use one password for the system, not for the drive.
> It has to encrypt all disks set up during installation with the same
> password.

I agree that it would be nice if the installer could do this. Though
most users just have one disk, so there shouldn't be any problem in the
common case.

> I wish these feature to be in the next Ubuntu release.

It comes down to limited developer resources, as always. Patches are
always welcome, subject to any design constraints in the installer (of
which I'm unaware).

The next Ubuntu release seems unlikely even if somebody did implement
this, as the next release is an LTS release and the focus is on
stability. In any case, feature freeze is less than three weeks away.

Robie