Re: [PLUG] Bootable USB + Emulator support + Persistance + Encryption

["Brian Vagnoni" <bvagnoni@v-system.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Lee Marzke

> I've got a nice fast 32GB USB thumbdrive and would like to have a 
> portable Linux
> environment.

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Hi,

It's early, pre-coffee so bare with me, and blame all typos on my cats. :-)

USB transfer rates suck; see wiki. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA

But if you must Truecrypt(free) should work for you.

http://www.truecrypt.org/

Or you could do it just with Linux 
http://www.linux.com/base/ldp/howto/Disk-Encryption-HOWTO/procedure.html
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Booting_encrypted_system_from_USB_stick

In fact there are many HOWTO's & FAQ out there if you just search for them. You should find one just for Ubuntu. 

Hope that gets you going.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Lee Marzke
[mailto:lee@marzke.net]
To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion
List [mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org]
Sent: Thu, 19 Feb 2009
23:13:27 -0500
Subject: [PLUG] Bootable USB + Emulator support +
Persistance + Encryption


> OK,
> 
  
> 
> I'd like to either boot the environment or be able to run it in a 
> emulator (QEMU/Vmware)
> from Windows without reboot.   Persistance required, and whole disk 
> encryption would be nice
> but I can't seem to find how to do all (4).
> 
> Ubuntu can create a bootable USB, but no QEMU or encryption.
> QEMU recipies don't generally support encryption.
> If I install in an encrypted LVM setup,  I don't see how to support an
> 
> emulator.
> 
> I tried QEMU/ KQEMU with  Ubuntu 8.10 and it was unbearably slow in 
> Vista. ( Core 2 Duo with 4G )
> is this normal ?    I know Vmware Player would run it at almost normal
> 
> speed.
> 
> 
> Has anyone come up with a general portable USB solution ?
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Lee Marzke,  lee@marzke.net   http://marzke.net/lee/
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