Re: Linux disk partition encryption

[T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com>]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:02:52 -0500, Celejar wrote:

>> Further, does disk encryption access the partition directly? I mean,
>> does the 'cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sdxn' care what type of partition
>> (ext2/3, fat, etc) /dev/sdxn is?
> 
> You seem to be confusing partitions with filesystems here.  cryptsetup
> works on raw partitions - the filesystems go on top of the encrypted
> volume: /dev/sdxn -> luks volume -> filesystem

I know that the filesystems go on top of the encrypted volume. All that I 
want to confirm is whether disk encryption access the partition directly, 
as you put, "works on raw partitions". E.g., if I use partition tool to 
set partition type to FAT32, what would happen?

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