Using encrypted disks

Tom London selinux at gmail.com
Fri Apr 11 13:33:37 UTC 2008


On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:46 AM, Andrew Farris <lordmorgul at gmail.com> wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
>
> > I took the default offered because I could not see how to make it do what
> I wanted.  I hate the lack of control, and it just isn't intuitive to find
> how to control the partitioning.  For that matter, I don't like LVM either.
> I see no advantage to me.  The addition of encrypting as an option does seem
> good.  I wonder if it is possible to install and encrypt on a traditional
> partitioning scheme?
> >
>
>  Yes, I do not use LVM, but I do have encrypted partitions.  You can encrypt
> each one separately, but you'll be asked for the passphrase once for each
> partition that is encrypted.
>
>  When you get to the partitioning tool, pulldown the menu above the table
> showing your disks, and select (custom layout).  Then click next.
> Alternatively you can check the 'review layout' button and then be able to
> change/delete the default setup.

I've been using multiple encrypted partitions on a USB hard drive for
a while, but I haven't figured out how to get the LUKS/gnome-mount
popup to identify the partition (it just identifies the drive).

Any idea on how to do this?

tom
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Tom London




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