2. Not related to this sub-forum, but how do I rip my music CD's to my Music folder?
        (I read something about "flac" but it apparently isn't loaded on my PC, apt-get didn't get it either)

Just wanted to make it clear to  @Tweedlewise that K3b is much more that a cd ripper. It's great software, and you may want the extra features. For example the ability to write CD/DVD disc.

It maybe overkill for simply ripping CDs. If that is the case then something like RipperX or Asunder is  a better choice.

2. Not related to this sub-forum, but how do I rip my music CD's to my Music folder?
    (I read something about "flac" but it apparently isn't loaded on my PC, apt-get didn't get it either)

K3b will do: https://apps.kde.org/k3b/
Using this tool yo can rip audio CD to many audio formats.
Flac is considered the best option: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC

Hooray!

I also installed asunder after your recommendation!

Tweedlewise

This one is more detailed:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dm-cry … n#Keyfiles

A couple notes about encrypted disks.
- The encryption is only effective when the computer is turned off. Turning it on or mounting the drive to another system to access it will not expose your data without entering the passphrase. Once it's open and running, it's no longer hidden in a locked box.
- The unencrypted swap partition is not protected. It might contain sensitive data that could be accessed by booting the system or attaching to another system. Not a good idea if this is a laptop that could be lost or stolen. If you need more that 256mb of swap space, you can make a bigger swapfile.

Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 183.11 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    dev: /dev/dm-2

I am using a logical volume in a LVM as swap partition. The fstab entry looks like this:

# Swap
/dev/mapper/vg--exc--sys-2_swap none            swap    sw              0       0

Replace the /dev/mapper-stuff against your partition, best use the UUID.

2.) Look at asunder to rip CDs, this is my preference. You may need some additional programs like lame or flac. Synapatic is your friend when searching for packages.
There are other rippers around like ripperx, again use Synaptics and make your choice.

1. How do I know if I succeeded in getting the swap partition properly set up?
    (During the recent boot, I saw mention of "swapfile", so I'm sure if  I edited /etc/fstab correctly.
   

2. Not related to this sub-forum, but how do I rip my music CD's to my Music folder?
    (I read something about "flac" but it apparently isn't loaded on my PC, apt-get didn't get it either)

edit: Doh! Synaptic File Manager found flac for me!

p.s. I'm still haven't tried 'fsmithred's suggestion about, combining the / and /home partitions during boot (it is still on the todo list, but I'm unfamiliar with what a keyfile is.

Thanks again!
Tweedlewise(?)

The normal installer, no matter if you use netinstall, the CD or the DVD version, they support an encrypted luks container as physical volume for a LVM holding logical volumes for / and swap. Thats what I use and the live version does not support. Just /boot isn't encrypted. When the PC is off swap is locked inside the encrypted container and can't be read.

Your choice if you can live with what you got. I would recommend an installation from any regular medium.

To the root access problems: the sudo method works, you have to use sudo before any single admin command you want to issue. User password is required. This is the so called "Ubuntu" method.

When you have assigned a password to root, you can become superuser with the su command in a user terminal. You will be asked for the root password and then can issue an endless number of admin commands as you like without being asked for passwords again. There is a problem though: from Debian 10 Buster/Devuan 3 Beowulf onward Debian did move the su command code to a different package. An underlying change is related to the path: simply using su now uses the user path setting, and not the admin path anymore, resulting in many "command not found" messages. Now only with su - the path is set correctly. Workaround: edit /etc/login.defs and add a line with ALWAYS_SET_PATH yes where the paths are defined.

It also won't set up lvm for you, but it's possible to do it manually using the cli installer instead of the graphical. (run 'refractainstaller' in a terminal for that one.) https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=2323

That other partitioner you used was cfdisk (for mbr) or gdisk (for gpt).

I didn't expect to see intel graphics. I'm not sure why you got a black screen with the first install.

For root access try su -.

> Note: the first command is run on the user account, the second one as root, indicated by the prompt before the command.

> PS: I do set up my system with the traditional so called full disk encryption with luks, having an unencrypted /boot, and I am decrypting the computer with hidden >keys sitting on USB sticks. When the stick is removed the PC does not boot.

fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: ST1000DM003-1CH1
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xcc603bdc

Device     Boot     Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *         2048  269588479  269586432 128.5G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2       269588480  424511487  154923008  73.9G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3       424511488 1953523711 1529012224 729.1G 83 Linux

I set up sda1 /, and sda3 /home to have the same encryption "key" but separately during Install

> How did you create these 3 partitions? And how did you use the partitioner inside the installer? Did you use manual or guided partitioning?

During installation I used 2 different programs to partition, one was gparted, and the other (I don't remember the name of) was also in the Live installation.
(SunOS was so much easier to partition!)

$ inxi -Fzr
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-30-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1
    Distro: Devuan GNU/Linux 5 (daedalus)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: Inspiron 3847 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 088DT1 v: A01 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell
    v: A04 date: 04/03/2014
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i3-4150 bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
    L2: 512 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2146 min/max: 800/3500 cores: 1: 3491 2: 800 3: 3493
    4: 800
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 4th Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
    driver: i915 v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW
    GT2)
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-30-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter
    driver: ath9k
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 70.83 GiB (2.5%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1CH162 size: 931.51 GiB
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: MQ01UBB200 size: 1.82 TiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 125.47 GiB used: 6.03 GiB (4.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0
  ID-2: /home size: 716.57 GiB used: 64.8 GiB (9.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 256 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 28.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 518 mobo: 855
Repos:
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
    1: deb [url]http://deb.devuan.org/merged[/url] daedalus main non-free-firmware
    2: deb [url]http://deb.devuan.org/merged[/url] daedalus-updates main non-free-firmware
    3: deb [url]http://deb.devuan.org/merged[/url] daedalus-security main non-free-firmware
Info:
  Processes: 222 Uptime: 1h 48m Memory: 7.67 GiB used: 1.99 GiB (25.9%)
  Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.26

>  If you deny you have to use the Ubuntu way with sudo for administrative tasks.

Actually, I have used "sudo" in the past, Your comment explains why "su" would only give an "Authentication Failure" when I tried to run commands as "root"!
(As you can see above "sudo" allowed me to run "fdisk -l" above.

Thanks again for your responses!

Sincerely,
Tweedlewise

Obviously you have managed to install Devuan, congratulations. Did you use netinstall, CD, DVD or the live version? Makes slight differences here and there in what you need to do and what you get.

Third question answered first: you found the graphical tool Synaptics yourself. On the console the most commonly use tools are apt, apt-get or aptitude. Look into the man pages. What also is a good source of information is the Ubuntu wiki. Most of what is written there is also valid for Debian/Devuan. I assumne that you are not afraid of working with the terminal as former sysop.

The installer asks you very early in the installtion if you want a root password. If you deny you have to use the Ubuntu way with sudo for administrative tasks. I guess you have said yes, so root has a password and you must also have generated at least one user and password.

What are passwords for disks and partitions? I think the terminology is wrong. Maybe you have encrypted your system, then you need a key (and not a password) to decrypt the drive during booting. If you haven't encrypted your system: What are passwords for disks and partitions?

It would help a lot if you could try to use the correct terms and sort of same language. Avoids guessing for the supporter, and false advice for the poster who is seeking advice.

How did you create these 3 partitions? And how did you use the partitioner inside the installer? Did you use manual or guided partitioning?

Guided partitioning sets up the disks sort of automatically, no matter if encrypted or not. Swap is automatically included. You have no choice and cannot make a mistake (but using guided which is fine for the unexperienced user, but for me that sets partition size too small often for nowadays disk sizes). I only use manual partitioning because I want to have control. But to successfully practise manual partitioning requires knowledge and experience, especially when we are talking about encryption. 

To be able to answer the question how to add swap, you owe us some information about which kind of boundary condition we are facing in your case. How does the installation look alike currently?

A good start would be the output from

~$ inxi -Fzr

and

Note: the first command is run on the user account, the second one as root, indicated by the prompt before the command.

PS: I do set up my system with the traditional so called full disk encryption with luks, having an unencrypted /boot, and I am decrypting the computer with hidden keys sitting on USB sticks. When the stick is removed the PC does not boot.

The desktop-live has firmware-amd-graphics installed. If you have amd video, that might explain why it works.