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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 858d5751bf..796ac0028f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2728,20 +2728,20 @@ the Cryptsetup/LUKS utilities to do that (see @inlinefmtifelse{html, @code{man cryptsetup}} for more information). @quotation Warning -Note that GRUB can unlock LUKS2 devices since version 2.06, but only -supports the PBKDF2 key derivation function, which is not the default -for @command{cryptsetup luksFormat}. You can check which key derivation -function is being used by a device by running @command{cryptsetup -luksDump @var{device}}, and looking for the PBKDF field of your -keyslots. +While efforts are in progress to extend support to LUKS2, please note +that Guix only supports devices of type LUKS1 at the moment. You can +verify that your existing LUKS device is of the right type by running +@command{cryptsetup luksDump @var{device}}. Alternatively, you can +create a new LUKS1 device with @command{cryptsetup luksFormat --type +luks1 @var{device}}. @end quotation Assuming you want to store the root partition on @file{/dev/sda2}, the -command sequence to format it as a LUKS2 partition would be along these +command sequence to format it as a LUKS1 partition would be along these lines: @example -cryptsetup luksFormat --type luks2 --pbkdf pbkdf2 /dev/sda2 +cryptsetup luksFormat --type luks1 /dev/sda2 cryptsetup open /dev/sda2 my-partition mkfs.ext4 -L my-root /dev/mapper/my-partition @end example |