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I am wondering what the syntax would like like if someone had written a [.command] script to delete specific logs (system.log, security.log) from an OSX machine.
I use W10 via Bootcamp and OSX, and I want both partitions encrypted.
I see all kinds of shenanigans are required to use FV2 on the OSX side and a Whole Disk Encryption on the windows side as well, due to number of entries in the MBR Windows uses and their placement.
Has anyone actually accomplished this? It seems crazy that I cannot encrypt both partitions...
I've been running it for a couple months with only one issue!
FV on OS X and BitLocker on Windows
if the Mac has a TPM chip it's hidden from Windows, so you have to go into group policy to enable BitLocker without TPM but one you do you can use a password at boot up.
The one issue I have is that the Mac doesn't see the NTFS partition any more so you can't read files on the Windows partition while in OS X and also that little applescript Sly Raskal helped me make to easily boot into Windows from OS X doesn't work anymore. Though I'm not fully convinced that I can't fix that issue, I just haven't been annoyed enough to put in the effort yet.
Note: my Mac is a little different, when I got it I wiped out OS X and installed Windows natively to it in UEFI mode and not Bootcamp's BIOS emulation garbage. I then used Internet Recovery to reinstall OS X to the other half of the drive. IDK if that makes a difference or not but that's what I did.
I don't recall ever encrypting a drive before installing an OS. So no.
Yes both disk show up when you hold option and I'm prompted to enter the BL pw when I boot to Windows. Though I don't currently have a firmware password on my Mac and FV doesn't prompt me for a pw to boot into OS X besides my usual account pw.
I don't recall ever encrypting a drive before installing an OS. So no.
Yes both disk show up when you hold option and I'm prompted to enter the BL pw when I boot to Windows. Though I don't currently have a firmware password on my Mac and FV doesn't prompt me for a pw to boot into OS X besides my usual account pw.
OK, that's all very promising. Do you recall if you had to adjust the MBR at all?
I mean I'm almost 100% that OS X has FV turned on but I can't check it right now. If it's not then I fucked up because I meant to.
But then maybe I never had to deal with any issues in the link because I wiped out my entire drive and set it up how I wanted it and didn't use OS X to create the boot camp partition and don't use the BIOS emulator to run Windows, it runs in full UEFI mode alongside OS X.
I mean I'm almost 100% that OS X has FV turned on but I can't check it right now. If it's not then I fucked up because I meant to.
But then maybe I never had to deal with any issues in the link because I wiped out my entire drive and set it up how I wanted it and didn't use OS X to create the boot camp partition and don't use the BIOS emulator to run Windows, it runs in full UEFI mode alongside OS X.
OK, well that's kind of an important detail you left out.
Note: my Mac is a little different, when I got it I wiped out OS X and installed Windows natively to it in UEFI mode and not Bootcamp's BIOS emulation garbage. I then used Internet Recovery to reinstall OS X to the other half of the drive. IDK if that makes a difference or not but that's what I did.
What happens when you power on the laptop? I assume you automatically get shown a UEFI boot option screen w/o having to hold OPTION right?
I have made a complete backup of each partition (OSX with SuperDuper! and W10 with DriveimageXML). I wonder if I can get mine set up the way you have it by wiping out the partitions, reinstalling the 2x OS's and then restoring the backups to their respective partitions...
No it's boots into OS X unless I changed the startup disk to Windows, which I can change in Windows but not OS X. If it boots into Windows then I get the BitLocker Password screen.
IDK, my Windows OS drive is setup as GPT and not MBR. I don't think you can do GPT in Bootcamp since it emulates BIOS, and IDK if you can restore an MBR disk to a GPT disk.
Here's how I would do it.
Boot to Windows install disc/USB
Don't install choose repair installation
advanced options > cmd prompt
diskpart
select disk 0
clean
exit
exit
turn off PC
Boot into internet recovery (command + option + r)
Partition drive in two partitions using disk utility (though you probably could do all the diskpart steps in disk utility too. I just know that's how I quickly wipe MBR drives and convert them to GPT (GPT initialization happens automatically during Windows install))
boot back into windows install media
Install OS as normal to first partition or restore from Windows Image backup
do bitlocker now if you want
boot into internet recovery and restore from backup (you should've used time machine)
Turn on FileVault.
Can you go from MBR to GPT IDK, I'd probably ask you if I was in that situation.
Ha! I love that my own idea I had 2 years ago unintentionally saved me a headache years later.
That link has pretty much the same steps as I said above just a little more thorough. Though I definitely installed OS X years before enabling Bitlocker (which I did 3-4 months ago) and BL didn't break it.
You can use diskpart to format the disks too but I personally prefer the GUI of disk utility.
FYI the latest Public build 1511 of Windows 10 has an improved version of BitLocker encryption on there.
Apple is going to be replacing HFS+ with a new file system they're building. It's called APFS, here's a breakdown of the pros and cons of it from a ZFS developer
I use W10 via Bootcamp and OSX, and I want both partitions encrypted.
I see all kinds of shenanigans are required to use FV2 on the OSX side and a Whole Disk Encryption on the windows side as well, due to number of entries in the MBR Windows uses and their placement.
Has anyone actually accomplished this? It seems crazy that I cannot encrypt both partitions...
Apple is going to be replacing HFS+ with a new file system they're building. It's called APFS, here's a breakdown of the pros and cons of it from a ZFS developer
09-30-2015, 08:20 PM
