Yes, it can mount the partition. That isn't the problem. The problem is that for lilo to do this it has to have access to the key in plaintext. That makes the entire exercise moot. not if you have to type it every time. if you take that as criteria, then *all* encryption is moot, as I can't

Jim Choate wrote: think of any you don't have to supply a key or passphrase for. you could also have lilo look at a dongle (a usb drive, say) for its key.