You could make a backup (using a portable format, such as tar, rather than an image backup), remove the existing filesystem, install the encrypted filesystem, and then restore the backed-up data.
-------Original Email------- Subject :Re: [nlug] Full disk encryption on Linux? >From :mailto:j...@gerdesas.com Date :Mon Nov 01 16:35:14 America/Chicago 2010 On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 04:10:21PM -0500, Chris McQuistion wrote: > I have an existing CentOS installation and need to encrypt certain > partitions. Encrypting after the fact would be my preference, as > re-installing this system would be rather complicated. To the best of my knowledge you can not use cryptsetup to encrypt an existing file system; the create / format operations will wipe the existing data. There may have been some movement in this area I am unaware of, but I've not come across anything recently. John -- The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. -- Teddy Roosevelt Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
