<p dir="ltr">Not a direct solution but to put two walk arounds on record:</p>
<p dir="ltr">1) boot GRML to RAM and install needed packages from Debian unstable.</p>
<p dir="ltr">2) stop graphical ui, stop database etc daemons, remount / read-only, and write key to ram disk.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Richard</p>
<p dir="ltr">PS: what kind of smart card is sold as secure and does not support on-card key generation?</p>
<p dir="ltr">PPS: think of revocation key! If they lose that card...</p>
<p dir="ltr">PPPS: feel free to forward to whoever needs this info.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity.</p>