From: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>
To: Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta <agi@inittab.org>
Cc: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Move from basic dm-crypt to LUKS
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:03:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C2616AC.8070504@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100617170221.GB6305@lib.inittab.org>
On 06/17/2010 07:02 PM, Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta wrote:
> I created a plain dm-crypt mapping on my laptop HD, when (later) I found
> I actually wanted a LUKS one. I know [1] I cannot migrate from
> no-encryption to LUKS (without backup/restore). But can I move my basic
> dm-crypt partition to use LUKS, or am I doomed to backup/restore?
You have to backup/restore. LUKS metadata are located at start of device,
plain dm-crypt have no metadata there. (So the LUKS device will be even smaller
of this metadata area.)
Milan
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2010-06-17 17:02 [dm-crypt] Move from basic dm-crypt to LUKS Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta
2010-06-26 15:03 ` Milan Broz [this message]
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