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On 1/9/06, Cláudio Henrique <rapaduraatomica@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> has anybody here used LUKS? |
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I'm using it on my AMD system. |
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> If I used on any of my HDs, will I be able to update them? |
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What do you mean? If you mean changing the password, yes. |
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> What if the |
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> data of some file gets corrupted, will I loose the whole HD? |
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Encryption is done in (4k?) blocks, so you should only lose the |
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corrupted block. As to whether you lose a single file or the whole |
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filesystem, that depends on the nature of the corruption and the |
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filesystem. This is no different than having a corrupted hard drive. |
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-Richard |
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