Debian Installation :: Volume Encryption Onto Bootable USB Stick?

I have been trying for close to 7 hours now to create a working encrypted bootable usb key for debian now.

I start by running the debian installation dvd (1 of 3. I downloaded and burnt all three ISO's that I found here: [URL] .... (2015-06-06 17:33) to disk), and when I get to the partitioning part, I cannot get an encrypted volume that will hold the root filesystem.

Here is what I have tried:

I have tried the Guided partitioning option to use the entire disk and set up encrypted LVM, to no avail.

I am left with a primary boot partition of 254.8 MB, at ext2 with /boot mountpoint on it, and a logical partition of 15.8 GB, with crypto as it's file system that says it's "not active". This bit here seems to be a running theme as I keep coming back to this set up, (give or take some space arrangement). From what I've read and seen, I should be seeing an Encrypted Volume container similar to LVM, but called an "Encrypted Container" that I can create additional partitions in like / and /home, and what have you.

And I can't "activate" the partition either. I have tried both the Configure Logical Volume Manager, which changed the partition to an LVM partition that dosn't encrypt anything inherently (and I have checked), and I have tried the Configure encrypted volumes option, which leads to the same results basically.

I have tried manually creating the partitions, a 512 MB ext4 /boot partition and then partitioning the rest of the space as "physical volume for encryption" with aes encryption, 256 key size, xts-plain64, Passphrase encryption key, erase data flag, bootable flag off.

Same result, 1 primary boot partition, 1 logical (I later tried making it a primary partition to, with the same results) crypto volume that is "not active".

I also tried setting up the a logical volume manager, which created a container to create additional partitions in which I could encrypt, but it was either a partition dedicated to something (i.e. root (/) or /home, or /swap, etc) or it could be encrypted, but not both. I even tried creating a root partion, and then selecting Configure encrypted volumes, and then selecting the root partition, and here is where I thought I was getting somewhere, because then it comes up giving me all the same options above, but it also specifies mount point under encryption. Which is /, which is what I'm after. So I accept that, and it goes back to being crypto, "not active" and when I check the partition again, the mount point option is gone.

Last thing I tried was going back to having a 512 MB /boot partition, and an encrypted partition set up with Configure encrypted volumes option, and then specifying the encrypted partiton with the Logical Volume Manager as the place to create logical groups and volumes, to little avail. I can create more volumes that are either encrypted, or a useful non encrypted volumes like / (root), /home, /swap, and the like, but not both at the same time.

Following this guide: [URL] ....

This leads me to a useable system, but the system wasn't encrypted. When I booted, I wasn't asked for a passphrase, and I checked the stick with my old linux mint dristro, and I was able to mount the logical volume and look at the contents, /etc, /home, /var by activating the partition in GParted and mounting it.

A number of users seem to mark an encrypted partition as lvm and then create more logical volumes within that that either actually become encrypted, or they don't check. I'm not sure which after my testing.

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I have also read this: [URL] .... and this [URL] .....

I found this which shows the container I believe I should be seeing if I do this right, but I can't get it : [URL] ....

I have also watched movies on youtube about it : [URL] ....

Could the issue be that I'm using a Lexar JumpDrive? 16 GM USB 3.0.

I've gotten debian to run off of it on it's own so I kind of doubt it.