From: Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com   
      
   On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 16:16:34 +0200, Marco Moock wrote:   
   > Do I really need an initrd in the case /boot is just a regular ext4   
   > partition, so the kernel can be loaded without using LUKS?   
      
   From https://slackware.uk/slackware/slackware-15.0/README_CRYPT.TXT :   
      
   -8<--------------------------------   
     A big NOTE finally. When you encrypt your root filesystem, you will have   
   to make sure that there will be at least one (small) partition which is   
   left unencrypted. This partition must contain the kernel(s) you want to   
   boot from, and the initrd image that is needed with encrypted volumes.   
   You need to install LILO either to the MBR - or if that is not possible,   
   into the root sector of this small unencrypted partition. You will   
   probably guess why we cannot use an encrypted partition for this...   
   -8<--------------------------------   
      
   So yes, to encrypt your root file system it seems that you do need an   
   initrd. If you only were to encrypt something like the /home partition it   
   would have been enough to boot a huge kernel without any initrd.   
      
   regards Henrik   
      
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