Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:55:14 -0500 From: Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> To: Rolf G Nielsen <lazlar@lazlarlyricon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ELI passphrase on boot with USB keyboard Message-ID: <46AA5BB2.2010406@cs.okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <46AA5A62.1090309@cs.okstate.edu> References: <46AA53CA.3090309@lazlarlyricon.com> <46AA5A62.1090309@cs.okstate.edu>
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Written by Reid Linnemann on 07/27/07 15:49>> > Written by Rolf G Nielsen on 07/27/07 15:21>> >> Hi, >> >> I recently purchased a new USB keyboard, since my old PS/2 one has >> seen its best days. This has caused me annoying problems with my ELI >> disks, though. >> >> I have four SATA harddrives, all of which are encrypted using ELI >> encryption. I've encrypted the raw disks, ad0, ad1, ad2 and ad3. The >> resulting devices ad0.eli, ad1.eli, ad2.eli and ad3.eli, I've >> concatenated into a large device, cc0, on which I have several >> partitions. To get this working, I of course need to boot from a >> separate device, and for that I use an SD card, which holds a boot >> directory. With my old PS/2 keyboard, this worked like a charm, but it >> seems to me, the ukbd driver isnt activated until after the ELI >> encryption, which means I'm unable to enter the passphrases for the >> disks, thus I can't get the computer passed the first passphrase prompt. >> >> Currently I have both the old keyboard and the new USB one connected. >> I use the PS/2 one to enter the passphrases, then I put it on the >> floor under my desk and use the USB keyboard. As you may very well >> understand, this is quite annoying. Is there a way to get the USB >> keyboard to work at the point where I enter the passphrases? >> >> I've tried to change the keys for the disks to not use a passphrase, >> but only keyfiles and load them from loader.conf, just as described in >> the GELI man page (yes I did set the -P option), but that simply will >> not work (and to be honest, it's not a solution I'd favour); if I set >> the -b option (ask for passphrase on boot), it still asks for the >> passphrase, though there is none, and if I set the -B option (don't >> ask for passphrase on boot), the computer ends up at the "mountroot>" >> prompt. >> >> I'd appreciate any help. >> >> Sincerly, >> >> Rolf Nielsen >> > > Try setting hints.atkbd0.disabled to 1 in the loader, or in the > device.hints file. Your usb keyboard may work in early stages with that > device hint. Erm, set the hint in the loader _first_, and then only put it in device.hints if it works!
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