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Re: Disk partitioning/encryption wizard



On 02/05/2014 01:23 PM, Tino Sino wrote:
Can I invoke the CLI disk partitioning/encryption wizard I used to
install the OS to configure a new external USB drive? How?

I use the cryptsetup(8) program from the command line.  Here's a HOWTO:


http://www.cyberciti.biz/hardware/howto-linux-hard-disk-encryption-with-luks-cryptsetup-command/


For a large data drive, I typically skip the "dd if=/dev/zero of=..." step.


David


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