From c4e704433869f6b9c80f33dd153dcb380a3145cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tastytea Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 10:18:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added a short description to README. --- README.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 408d519..754967a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +**hashboot** hashes all files in `/boot` to check them during early boot. It is +intended for when you have encrypted the root partition but not the boot +partition. The checksums are stored in `/var/lib/hashboot.digest` and a backup +of the contents of `/boot` is stored in `/var/cache/boot-backup.tar`. If a +checksum doesn't match, you have the option to restore the file from backup. + # License "THE HUG-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 1): xo and tastytea wrote these files. As long @@ -23,4 +29,3 @@ Also see [INSTALL](https://git.tastytea.de/?p=hashboot.git;a=blob_plain;f=INSTAL # Notes * A backup is per default stored in /var/cache/bootbackup.tar.gz * You can't use the openrc/sysv init scripts with parallel boot. -* Detailed documentation is in the sourcecode.