-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/15/08 06:18, Andrew Henry wrote: > help. > > I have debian lenny on a server with full disk encryption (the guided > partitioning option) and an external usb WD Mybook that is also > encrypted with dmcrypt/LUKS. > > I just formatted the server to install and try out CentOS. Then I went > to the Ubuntu Wiki to see how I can access the USB drive on another > computer, and I started reading about keys etc etc. Have I just > overwritten my key to the usb drive whilst formatting the server? > > I thought that HAL and Gnome had the ability to auto detect encrypted > devices and prompt for passphrase?? I thought all I needed was the > passphrase to be able to access the usb drive on another computer? > > Please tell me ive not just lost all my data!
If you *formatted* (i.e., run mkfs on) the "server" (how can you format a *machine*, as opposed to just a drive partition?), then wouldn't you have lost everything anyway by wiping clean the partition? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHtYn6S9HxQb37XmcRApuwAJ9wjqgYpV+9TwNPO9hhTng3z5fRyQCeOl3H D67bC0wLXx8MzmbKB4qAOo8= =64iK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
