From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ww0-f44.google.com (mail-ww0-f44.google.com [74.125.82.44]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:47:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: by wwe5 with SMTP id 5so1879786wwe.1 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:47:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4DFE3641.7070100@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:47:45 +0200 From: Patrick MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4DFDFFA5.70404@gmail.com> <4DFE0D59.1090000@redhat.com> <4DFE1507.6020909@gmail.com> <4DFE19CB.1010701@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <4DFE19CB.1010701@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Partition mandatory? List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Milan Broz Cc: dm-crypt@saout.de Yes, sure I'll do! Thanks again for your answers! Best regards, Patrick Le 19. 06. 11 17:46, Milan Broz a =E9crit : > 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_ --header-backup-file >> >> doing >> >> _luksHeaderRestore_ --header-backup-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 > >