William Morder wrote:

> I also have a working version of my system, partitioned more or less as
> described above, which I installed to a 64 gb flash drive; I can boot any
> compatible computer, and just use the hardware, but work from my own
> system. My aim is to have my complete system fit into my pocket, and to be
> able to carry external hard drives in a bag. Then if I ever get stuck
> somewhere without even a laptop, I can (with permission) use another
> computer, and boot into my own system.

after reading this and recalling your partitioning scheme I would suggest to
encrypt as it is much easier to loose the usb drive or get it stolen.

in this case you need 2 partitions (assuming sda is your drive)

sda1 for boot (512MB)
sda2 for rest

sda2 cryptsetup with luks then create logical volumes for your root, home,
swap and so on. 

Most newer computers manufactured 2010+ have CPU that supports AES, which is
making luks transperent

regards