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To do that you need to boot from an external medium.
FAQ Section 9 has some informatiopn on how to create an 
initrd for an external boot medium.

Regards,
Arno


On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 17:13:16 CET, ken wrote:
> A new laptop is on the way and I'm considering using dm-crypt 2 secure the whole SSD. I have some basic questions though.
> 
> Is it possible to encrypt the entire Drive, including all the system files?
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