Pop_OS Installation - Encrypt Hard Drive Partition

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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Hello everyone, good day.

I want to install Pop_OS in an old laptop. The problem is that I have multiple drives and want to encrypt some of the partitions, but I am unable to do it. :sob::woman_facepalming:

First let me tell you about my specific scenario. The laptop has an M.2 drive and a normal HDD. The BIOS only sees the HDD, not the M.2. From factor, the PC had the boot installation partition on HDD and the OS in the M.2 (Windows). I am trying to recreate the same, install the boot in the HDD and then install the Pop_OS in the M.2. I am successful in that but I am unable to encrypt the M.2. drive partition or any partition to that matter in advance mode during the installation. Is there a work around?

I travel a lot and encrypting my HDD is a must, in case it gets stolen.

I have tried default installation on the HDD and encryption ant it works great. But because it is a normal HDD it is really slow and it takes a lot to decrypt :cry:.

Thanks for the help. Please help this normie in distress! :yum:

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I’ll try to recreate your situation later today so I can guide you. There’s likely a number of grub and kernel configs that pop is getting wrong.

It’s absolutely possible to do, it just depends on how “custom” you want to get with this pop install.

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Thanks, I would appreciate it. :slight_smile: