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From: Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name>
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] LUKS Header and partition dimension
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:43:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110329134309.GA8865@tansi.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikgvGLH8UbjYW3+tEjXx++NMdYkZcDgf4JVPWrh@mail.gmail.com>

Backup is sort-of a rite of passage: You need to lose something
valuable once, before you take it seriously.

The strong wording at the beginning of the FAQ is no accident.
I still expect that for most people it will not be enough.
Seems to be some kind of fundamental human limitation that
can only be overcome through painful experience.

Arno


On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:56:29AM +0200, Claudio Moretti wrote:
> Thank you both for your reply.
> In the end, I formatted and just a few seconds ago I dumped both root and
> home LUKS headers and my current MBR.
> I'm learning, or so it seems.
> 
> Thanks again, and long live backups (sigh..)
> 
> Claudio

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      reply	other threads:[~2011-03-29 13:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-28 10:41 [dm-crypt] LUKS Header and partition dimension Claudio Moretti
2011-03-28 11:02 ` Milan Broz
2011-03-28 15:01 ` Arno Wagner
2011-03-29  9:56   ` Claudio Moretti
2011-03-29 13:43     ` Arno Wagner [this message]

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