# How do I reinstall EndeavourOS with both root and home partitions being encrypted? **URL:** \ **Category:** EndeavourOS installation\ **Created:** [July 18, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-do-i-reinstall-endeavouros-with-both-root-and-home-partitions-being-encrypted/5792 "2020-07-18T07:07:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unix\_lover](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unix_lover/32/5462_2.png) [@unix\_lover](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/unix_lover)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-do-i-reinstall-endeavouros-with-both-root-and-home-partitions-being-encrypted/5792/1 "2020-07-18T07:07:09Z")
![image](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/dec82fd01965e098c7c6d624b4940e81449eebe6.png) So I installed EndeavourOS and configured both `sda2` (as root partition) and `sda3` (as home partition) to use encryption with the exact same password. I have tried to mount `sda2` as `/` and `sda3` as `/home` without reformatting but it has failed the installation. I tried the reformat option: ![image](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f3f28eb797db6a9401ed81709560a47f088f0d41.png) But why doesn’t it ask me to set my password, I am kinda confused what is going on. Edit: If I format the luks partition (by deleting it and inserting the exact same password) I would get error messages after a long installation about `sda3` (the home partition) regardless if I opened the luks container or not (through gparted) ![image](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/0/064b91167c3955b8ba674797eed7316ce3ec1c81.png) ---
**Author:** ![SGS](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sgs/32/20157_2.png) [@SGS](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/SGS)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-do-i-reinstall-endeavouros-with-both-root-and-home-partitions-being-encrypted/5792/2 "2020-07-18T14:15:05Z")
[https://forum.manjaro.org/t/how-do-i-reinstall-manjaro-with-both-root-and-home-partitions-being-encrypted/153794](https://forum.manjaro.org/t/how-do-i-reinstall-manjaro-with-both-root-and-home-partitions-being-encrypted/153794) ---
**Author:** ![unix\_lover](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unix_lover/32/5462_2.png) [@unix\_lover](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/unix_lover)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-do-i-reinstall-endeavouros-with-both-root-and-home-partitions-being-encrypted/5792/3 "2020-07-18T14:20:46Z")
Yes I am the guy who posted that post on that forum page. BEcause both distros are having the same issue. ---
**Author:** ![SGS](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sgs/32/20157_2.png) [@SGS](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/SGS)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-do-i-reinstall-endeavouros-with-both-root-and-home-partitions-being-encrypted/5792/4 "2020-07-18T14:57:02Z")
### It is part of the good style to communicate this to the other forums, you should know this where you are already so long with it. ---
**Author:** ![unix\_lover](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unix_lover/32/5462_2.png) [@unix\_lover](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/unix_lover)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-do-i-reinstall-endeavouros-with-both-root-and-home-partitions-being-encrypted/5792/5 "2020-07-19T00:52:05Z")
Sorry I don’t quite get what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![SGS](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sgs/32/20157_2.png) [@SGS](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/SGS)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-do-i-reinstall-endeavouros-with-both-root-and-home-partitions-being-encrypted/5792/6 "2020-07-19T01:46:42Z")
Asking the same question several times in different forums is a waste of resources. Also unfair, since none of the helpers knows about the others. ---
**Author:** ![2000](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/2/ee59a6/32.png) [@2000](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/2000)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-do-i-reinstall-endeavouros-with-both-root-and-home-partitions-being-encrypted/5792/7 "2020-07-19T10:42:27Z")
Old post(s), but should still work; at least get you started: - LVMonLUKS [Tutorial](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/howto-gpt-uefi-install-with-full-disk-encryption-lvmonluks-with-a-separate-home-partition-and-working-hibernation-with-a-swapfile/985) - BTRFSonLUKS [Tutorial](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/howto-gpt-uefi-install-with-full-disk-encryption-btrfsonluks-with-separate-root-home-and-pkg-subvolumes-hibernation-with-a-swapfile-auto-snapshots-with-easy-system-rollback-gui-boot-into-snapshots/3782) Refer to [ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system) for further information.