(Almost) Full Disk Encryption - How to do it?

General Discussion
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Hi. I recently started using DietPi and I love it already! However, there is this one major nagging issue: I haven’t been able to encrypt (most of) my DietPi system installation.

On my previous Raspberry Pi’s I have been using Berryboot as a simple way to encrypt my installations. Unfortunately, development was stopped years ago and the RPI Zero 2 W (which I have now) was never supported :frowning:

Therefore, I have been looking for other means to encrypt the system. I found this great guide which I successfully tried on a regular Raspberry Pi OS installations, works like a charm.

I thought that I understood every step of the guide, I even made a few modifications by myself, but when I try using it on a DietPi installation it doesn’t work! The system hangs during the boot process, but whyyyyy?

Can someone skilled tell my why the guide isn’t working for DietPi and also suggest some modifications, PLEASE?

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Did you complete the initial installation before performing the encryption? DietPi did not include encryption software on a new image. Something that may need to be installed first before encryption can be performed.