Hi all, I presently have two laptops, both running an out of date version of crunchbang linux. Both were installed with /home, /tmp and swap partitions in an encrypted LVM. This was the first time I've ever used encryption on anything more than the single file level. (I am not 100% sure I am using the terminology correctly.) Crunchbang's installer allows setting this up by falling back to what I understand to be essentially debian's text-based installer. I managed to figure it out after a false start or two.
Booting from live CDs on the one box with a drive seems to leave me with no way to access /home on the machines. No real shock (though a disappointment), but it does leave me a bit uncertain about how to proceed in installing a new OS on these boxen. Unfortunately, I have no test machines available. (I'm living in Cairo for the year and my two laptops are both production machines.) So, I'd like to get a bit of advice / wisdom born of experience from the LUG. Will I be able to install a new linux distro while preserving my extant encrypted /home, /tmp and swap? If so, any pitfalls I ought to be wary of? Apart from the obvious (backup everything first), any other tips or advice? Thanks and best, Brian vdB _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
