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AlexIL

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[Solved] Using dm-crypt for dual booting with windows

I want to dual boot windows 10 with archlinux, but also have the systems encrypted.

Is it possible to use dm-crypt to encrypt both systems? Or do I have to encrypt archlinux only and find another solution for windows 10?

Last edited by AlexIL (2017-06-30 18:19:45)

null

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Re: [Solved] Using dm-crypt for dual booting with windows

Windows won't work with dm-crypt.

The successor of TrueCrypt, VeraCrypt claims to be usable as a full disk encryption system usable from Linux and Windows systems.

Last edited by null (2017-06-28 13:52:56)

AlexIL

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Re: [Solved] Using dm-crypt for dual booting with windows

Thanks for mentioning it, it looks good.
But it seems I can't encrypt linux with it too.
I'm planning to setup a dual boot where I encrypt the linux partition with dm-crypt and the windows partition with veracrypt, the problem is I have partitions that I access from both operating systems.
Is there a way to encrypt the data in it after boot on both windows and linux?

Edit:
It seems that veracrypt supports windows only for system encryption, but it can encrypt non-system volumes and there is a package for veracrypt
It seems like I know what I'll do, thanks.

Last edited by AlexIL (2017-06-30 18:19:33)