-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. <QUOTE> I have debian lenny on a server with full disk encryption </QUOTE> 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. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHtb8XS9HxQb37XmcRAlFiAKCRQcND/QzgU4U35bgrXNKC02tClwCgvoPd 71Sw5WTMN7+J14+GqdcFNLM= =g0Sp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]