[ale] Upgrade encrypted hard drive

[Damon L. Chesser]

On 12/07/2013 03:32 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>
> I would do a fresh install to new drive, put old drive in spare bay or 
> external case, unlock and then rsync or cp  home data and configs. If 
> old drive is fully updated first the final sync is mostly just user data.
>


This is what I do as well.  I do a rsync off the box, do a fresh 
install, make the partions the way I want (normally, mdadm for boot, 
mdadm for the system, make an array on the system raid 10, on the raid 
10, encyrpt it, in the encryption, build LVM.  complicated, in ubunut 
IIRC, you need the server install CD).  when I am done, i have a raid 1 
for boot, raid 10 for the system, the system is encrypted, the lvm has 
two LVs, root and swap.

I don't do a separate home as the rsync serves that purpose.  The hole 
in my plan is the rsync is not encrypted, but no one know that.  Wait, 
never mind.  I don't do that at all...

Now I am wondering why I never encrypted the USB drive.
Since my wife has her own now (she does windows), no reason not to. 
Hmmmm, need to think of a good way to do that.  Then all I need to worry 
about is how the NSA has put a back door into the BIOS.



SNIP


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