I have a big disk that I cannot backup due to space constraints and want to encrypt it. It is an ext3 external WD MyBook drive. I keep movies music and backups on there so its nothing I cannot lose, but I would hate to spend time ripping all my CDs and DVDs again. I run Debian Etch on the laptop it is attached to and I mount the MyBook manually, not relying on automounting. Is it as "simple" as running the following: cryptsetup create root /dev/sda1 -v -y -c aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 -h sha1 -s 128 dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/mapper/root bs=512 skip=0 seek=0. Do I have all the tools I need in Etch? I installed Etch with encrypted LVM partition option, so I assume I have all I need? --andrew -- GnuPG Key ID: ECB18ABA Fingerprint: FDF3 91FC F5BC 1164 E217 315E 337E 219B ECB1 8ABA
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