From: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>
To: Patrick <mailorp@gmail.com>
Cc: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Partition mandatory?
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:46:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DFE19CB.1010701@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DFE1507.6020909@gmail.com>
On 06/19/2011 05:25 PM, Patrick wrote:
> So, in the case of such a header destruction by an "old" OS, I think
> it is still possible to restore the header I saved using
>
> _luksHeaderBackup_ <device> --header-backup-file <file>
>
> doing
>
> _luksHeaderRestore_ <device> --header-backup-file <file>
>
> Correct?
yes, but it s just backup of LUKS header. Not a backup of data inside:-)
(with old header backup and passphrase you can unlock the drive,
so store it on safe place)
Milan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-19 15:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-19 13:54 [dm-crypt] Partition mandatory? Patrick
2011-06-19 14:53 ` Milan Broz
2011-06-19 15:25 ` Patrick
2011-06-19 15:46 ` Milan Broz [this message]
2011-06-19 17:47 ` Patrick
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