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On 02/15/08 08:57, Andrew Henry wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> 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?
>>
> well those weren't the answers I wanted to hear. :(
>
> The disk in question is an external USB disk. I did not have it
> connected to the server when I formatted the servers internal hard drive.
Hmmm. Your OP, then, is confusingly written. Or I'm stupid.
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I have debian lenny on a server with full disk encryption
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Does this mean that your /, /usr, /home etc were all encrypted, and
that you lost Important Stuff like /home?
> I have not lost "data", but I have lost a considerable amount of
> man-hours that it took me to rip all my audio CDs and DVDs. It will
> take at least 20 hours to redo it.
>
> I also stored my desktop backups and an rsync copy of my photos on that
> disc, so now I have no backups and I really should do a new backup of my
> desktop machine ASAP.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals
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