Using existing encrypted home partition from Linux Mint

canbus_quartier · 2022-09-25 13:51:42

Hello, I am planning to install Arch later but I want to dual boot with an existing encrypted Linux Mint installation. Is it possible to use archinstall to mount this encrypted partition as home partition in Arch Linux?

Slithery · 2022-09-25 14:47:07

Possibly, possibly not. You haven't told us anything about how this /home partition is encrypted.

It will definately be possible if you do a manual installation rather than using the archinstall script.

canbus_quartier · 2022-09-25 14:50:36

I am not sure how the encryption is done. Looking at the home folder it has .ecryptfs folder so I assume this is the how.

canbus_quartier · 2022-09-25 16:59:52

Reading the Arch wiki tells me that it only encrypts the home folder not the whole partition

Trilby · 2022-09-25 17:17:48

canbus_quartier wrote:

I am not sure how the encryption is done.

Then you'll need to ask on the Mint support channels to find out - we don't know how Mint is configured.

canbus_quartier · 2022-09-25 17:28:49

It is done using ecryptfs. I did the research. I think I am going to remove the encryption since I don't have to worry about third parties having physical access to my data.

Last edited by canbus_quartier (2022-09-25 17:29:00)

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Using existing encrypted home partition from Linux Mint

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