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For full disk encryption (FDE) of a cloud VM
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IPXE boot from the cloud.md

IPXE netboot

To boot a different OS from a Debian base image

To have a full disk encryption on a cloud VM (choose a size with enough RAM (2GB) and downscale after if needed):

  1. Use the QEMU console to log on as root
  2. apt-get install grub2 ipxe
  3. reboot
  4. Quickly select "Network boot" in GRUB menu
  5. Hit Ctrl-B when said so
  6. At iPXE prompt, type: "chain --autofree http://boot.netboot.xyz"
  7. Select the Os of choice to install and enable full disk encryption
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