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List:       linux-thinkpad
Subject:    Re: [ltp] install on a X200, ubuntu windows7 but password protected
From:       Matthias Posseldt <matthi () gmx ! li>
Date:       2020-10-19 10:55:20
Message-ID: 11396D2F-0781-4F4B-B2D6-2996644816A9 () gmx ! li
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On 18 October 2020 16:38:03 CEST, Uwe Brauer <oub.oub.oub@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 18 October 2020 14:03:01 CEST, Joerg Bruehe <joerg.bruehe@web.de>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> > While I haven't used Veracrypt, Windows Bitlocker should also work.
> It
> > can be setup to ask for a password on boot.
> 
> To get that straight, this protection provides booting *any* OS or just
> Windows?
> 
> I mean the linux user, who does not know this password still could boot
> the linux partion?

The Bitlocker protection applies only to the Windows partition, so password prompt \
would be after Grub bootloader.

Bitlocker is about encryption, so just a boot password is not the use case.
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