OMG! Think I did something stupid with dmcrypt

help.

I have debian lenny on a server with full disk encryption (the guided partitioning option) and an external usb WD Mybook that is also encrypted with dmcrypt/LUKS.

I just formatted the server to install and try out CentOS. Then I went to the Ubuntu Wiki to see how I can access the USB drive on another computer, and I started reading about keys etc etc. Have I just overwritten my key to the usb drive whilst formatting the server?

I thought that HAL and Gnome had the ability to auto detect encrypted devices and prompt for passphrase?? I thought all I needed was the passphrase to be able to access the usb drive on another computer?

Please tell me ive not just lost all my data!

--andrew

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GnuPG Key ID: ECB18ABA
Fingerprint: FDF3 91FC F5BC 1164 E217 315E 337E 219B ECB1 8ABA

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