How to encrypt the bootable Porteus USB drive

Post#1 by **appEnigma** » 29 Jun 2023, 05:30

Hi,

I have created a USB Drive with Porteus MATE v5.0. But I would like to encrypt the USB drive so that while booting it will ask for password to decrypt and then start the process.

Is there a way to achieve that ?

Post#2 by **AcnapyxoB** » 29 Jun 2023, 18:12

appEnigma wrote: ↑
29 Jun 2023, 05:30
But I would like to encrypt the USB drive

Instead of encrypting the whole USB drive you can use the option to create an encrypted .dat container (in which the settings are saved)
А bit outdated information but:
http://www.porteus.org/component/conten ... d-one.html

Post#3 by **appEnigma** » 01 Jul 2023, 12:08

AcnapyxoB wrote: ↑
29 Jun 2023, 18:12
Instead of encrypting the whole USB drive you can use the option to create an encrypted .dat container (in which the settings are saved)
А bit outdated information but:
http://www.porteus.org/component/conten ... d-one.html

Will that help ? During boot the .dat container will be checked. It will cause problem while booting right ?

Post#4 by **Ed_P** » 01 Jul 2023, 12:34

appEnigma wrote: ↑
01 Jul 2023, 12:08
During boot the .dat container will be checked. It will cause problem while booting right ?

Is your current save.dat file causing problems when booting?

Post#5 by **appEnigma** » 01 Jul 2023, 15:03

No. Current .dat is not encrypted. It's working very well. I have not tried encrypting it as I am unsure of the results.

Post#6 by **Ed_P** » 01 Jul 2023, 17:53

Make a backup copy, encrypt the current file, reboot, report your results.