[Cialug] Linux on Locked Machines

[Sean Flattery]

Actually BitLocker does not encrypt the entire drive, it leaves a partition
that's unencrypted to boot the encrypted stuff.  But I agree with everyone
who says that your employer must approve of you trying to put on Linux as a
dual boot.  If they don't, just run it in a VM on top of Windows.  If they
do approve, maybe you could shrink the encrypted partition using the built
in Windows Disk Management program and turn the newly free space into your
favorite linux distro.  Not sure if you'd run into issues with bootloaders,
so I'd recommend doing a bit level backup to another drive before messing
with things.  Or just use a VM within Windows and save yourself some time.



On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 02:48:20PM -0500, jrnosee wrote:
Problem is it's running windows 7 and the hard
drive has been encrypted with M$'s bitlocker.

Any suggestions for running linux on locked down equipment?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitLocker_Drive_Encryption

Unless I misunderstand, Microsoft Bitlocker is full drive encryption, no
more, no less.  If that is the case, and your employer will let you
install whatever you want, just install Linux as per usual.

If your employer will not let you install whatever you want, then
Bitlocker is not relevant to your issue.

I'm confused by your post.  Omitting pertinent information often breeds
distrust...

Nicolai