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Re: grub keyfile read errors support


From: Daniel Kiper
Subject: Re: grub keyfile read errors support
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:15:41 +0100
User-agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2)

On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 06:57:17AM +0300, Alexey Kuznetsov wrote:
> > > If so. Then why does your allow users to remove a removable key?
> >
> > I don't understand this, can you rephrase the question?
>
> I have two separate drives: a boot device and a usb flash drive with a key. If
> I have a usb flash drive attached, grub should automatically unlock the main
> drive using such a key, if usb flash isn't here - grub should ask for a
> password for the main drive, not failing loading the whole system to the grub
> rescue.

When you embed required modules into the GRUB image then your problem
should be solved. Or for simplicity use standalone GRUB image. I expect
the GRUB fails because it does not have access to the normal.mod which
lives on your encrypted partition. You should avoid that.

Daniel



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