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If this message finds the author, or the people knowledgeable in the subject matter, I am very much interested in the implementation details. How do you encryp
by alentred 3y ago
If this message finds the author, or the people knowledgeable in the subject matter, I am very much interested in the implementation details.
How do you encrypt the flash drive? Do you run QEMU in the host OS or are there more optimal ways of "booting" it? How do you run QEMU to take benefit of all available resources on the "console" computer (the one running the image)? What's with the performance, and is the performance the reason for not running GUI? (But also - yay tmux!) How do you backup? (Do you just `dd` it? I don't put too much trust in the reliability of the flash drives...). What flash drive do you use? What are the pitfalls and limitations? I think I have more questions, but I will stop here, you see where I am going.
This is a really nice and simple idea and I will definitely try it too. I appreciate a lot if you can share your experience.
- snibsnib 3y agoYears ago I had a .bat file on a usb that ran Puppy Linux and Slitaz ISOs inside qemu. Although it didn't have working persistence. Was a lot of fun, but people are more wary of letting you run random scripts on their pc these days.
- prmoustache 3y ago> How do you encrypt the flash drive? My wild guess in that particular case he just installed alpine with full disk encryption within the qemu image itself, no the flash drive: " The filesystem is encrypted, and I carry it in a small USB stick. " However it is not complicated to encrypt a flash drive. What may be complicated is having an encrypted flash drive that can easily be decrypted from any kind of OS.
- tenthirtyam 3y agoI'd have nerves about qemu being snooped by a malicious/corporate/internet-cafe/friend's/etc host OS. Why not just use a bootable usb disc? Doesn't solve all the problems and probably introduces others. But if your employer allows you to run random qemu images, then doesn't seem they'd be overly worried about a bootable usb.
- declan_roberts 3y agoThis was my exact thought too. Why not just make a bootable flash drive? Then you can use “your computer” anywhere in the world.