Re: dmcrypt on an existing partition (firewire external disk)

Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> It comes down to this. Backups -- if its something you don't want to
> have to go through the work to replace, then you should back it
> up. Even if it's something that can't be "lost" because you have
> original cds lying around, is the *effort* to re-rip it all something
> you don't want to "lose".
>
> my recommendation is: pick up another drive, slap it in a cheap
> IDE-USB box and copy that stuff. Then, when you're done with the
> change, you'll have a lovely backup you can stick in your safe... and
> you'll have a spare drive floating around for when one dies.
>
> A
>

Thanks for the advice. I looked around and managed to find a simple guide for doing this the "right" way:

http://www.hermann-uwe.de/blog/howto-disk-encryption-with-dm-crypt-luks-and-debian

I will copy my files to two or maybe three other PCs I have, as I do not have enough space on any single PC, then format the MyBook using this guide.

--andrew

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