The journal is generally located on the partition in question. If the partition is encrypted the journal should also be encrypted. You can use `tune2fs -l` to list the contents of the partition's superblock which will have details on the partition such as journal location, etc...
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 4:20 PM, "Roland Häder" <r.hae...@web.de> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm currently testing dm-crypt to encrypt my whole hard drive. So far I > followed this [1] guide and have to wait for the randomization part of the > hard drive. > > In the wiki, ext4 is being used. Since ext3 a journal has been added. From > my times with loop-aes I know that I have to store the journal through an > encrypted loop device else it might be written on the hard drive. > > As of I'm new to dm-crypt and Gentoo, where will that journal now go? > > Any help is welcomed. :) > > Regards, > Roland > > -- Sincerely, Steve Buzonas Jr.
