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