On Fri Jun12'26 06:54:40AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > From: Sam Varshavchik <[email protected]> > date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:54:40 -0400 > to: [email protected] > Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <[email protected]> > subject: Re: how to set up disk encryption with custom partitioning on > Fedora install > > Marco Moock writes: > > > Am 12.06.26 um 07:13 schrieb Ranjan Maitra via users: > > > Thanks! I did the partitioning using gparted for the partitions I > > wanted to create, and then used Manual disk setup to assign the mount > > points. However, how do I get the disk encrypted? > > > > Use cryptsetup or a graphical tool to create the LUKS container. Then > > select it in the setup. > > It's been a while since I set up this laptop, with encrypted partitions that > require a passphrase to unlock at boot, so I don't remember the exact steps. > But I'm pretty sure that I didn't have to do any such thing.
Right, this was the old way of doing this, and trivial. > > I just booted the live image, started the installer and specified custom > partitioning. There was a simple checkbox to encrypt the new partition. > That's it. Thank you! Sorry, but where is this checkbox for a Manual partitioning option. At what stage is it? For me, it appears to not be there, or I am missing it if I go for custom partitioning: it is there if I specify that the installer decides. Thanks, Ranjan -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
