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--- lenovo_x1_carbon_2015_gentoo [2015/08/06 10:59] – [Configure Kernel] admin
+++ lenovo_x1_carbon_2015_gentoo [2015/08/06 11:02] – [Configure Kernel] admin
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 ====Starting points====
   * **UEFI**: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
-  * **MBR**: Master boot record. GRUB will install boot.img here, hardware will boot from this. Then it wil load first sector from core.img.
-  * **core.img**: Will load its configuration file and any other modules needed, particularly file system drivers. It will load config from /boot/grub
   * **GPT**: GUID partition table.
   * **LUKS**: Linux Unified Key Setup
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   * Emerge genkernel-next:<code> emerge genkernel-next</code>
   * Emerge linux firmware:<code>emerge linux-firmware</code>
-  * Emerge LVM:<code>emerge --ask lvm2</code>
+  * Emerge LVM:<code>emerge --ask lvm2
+emerge sys-fs/cryptsetup</code>
   * Build kernel:<code>genkernel --lvm --menuconfig all
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 </code>
-  * Build initramfs:<code>genkernel --lvm --install initramfs</code>
+  * Build initramfs:<code>genkernel --luks --lvm --install initramfs</code>
   * Check:<code>ls /boot/initramfs*</code>
   * Configure /etc/fstab:<code>/dev/sda2               /boot/efi       vfat            noauto,noatime  1 2