2026-10-11 17:31 UTC
@indigoparadox@mastodon.social @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt So NetBSD doesn't use /boot?
The usual issue with Linux around this for the longest time was full-encryption including /boot, while / was trivial.
Or is it the same issue? I know of no satisfying answer for that which doesn't rely on either a fancy bootloader (or a fancy booloader + hardware support, that's what UEFI's shenanigans amount to; UKI is a glorified bootloader).
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@indigoparadox@mastodon.social 2026-10-11 17:36
@lispi314@udongein.xyz @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt I'm not an expert, but none of the BSDs I've used have something as self-contained and comprehensive as LUKS, from what I can tell. They all need /etc, /lib, and maybe some other things before decryption. They all have a different encryption mechanism, too. So working together to develop a common standard that works well seems unlikely.