Since Debian 13 (Trixie), when using the default FDE which uses grub to decrypt the luks partition, I have a single attempt

When the password is mistyped there is a long pause (over 10 seconds) and then the error appears.

I already tried increasing the max tries, which seems to be set to 1 when a keyfile is used.

Will update for more info

  • ferric_carcinization@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I meant the following:

    1. Find out the Debian package is too old
    2. Create Arch Live USB
    3. Boot Arch Live USB
    4. Copy GRUB config from the Debian install to the current Arch live system
    5. Install the up-to-date GRUB while in the Arch environment

    The bootloader installer package is distro dependent, the bootloader the package installs isn’t. You can boot Debian no matter if the GRUB is installed from Debian stable, Debian Sid, Arch, Fedora or even FreeBSD. Otherwise, dual booting wouldn’t work.

    Like I said, I’ve done that before, though with SystemD Boot instead of GRUB, which was a bit simpler due to how the bootloader is configured.