[ale] Ubuntu to Debian Switch?

[Damon Chesser]

On 3/9/2011 6:36 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> I'm very unclear on _where_ the keys are stored. I _think_ it's in the
> "wrapper" on the encrypted partition and thus is fully enclosed inside
> the LV so it will survive nicely. But I haven't seen documentation to
> back up that idea.

If it is using crypt, then it is in the "header" of the encrypted files 
system.  I assume this would be the same for some other form of 
encryption, but you know what they say about ass-uming.

> Regardless of what Preston says, be a wimp and backup what matters first :-)
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 5:44 PM, David Tomaschik
> <david at systemoverlord.com>  wrote:
>> The encryption concerns me as well, the LVM does not.  I can give
>> Debian a LV to install on no problem.  But I will be backing up to
>> another drive, testing the backup, and then doing the install.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Jim Kinney<jim.kinney at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> I would be rather paranoid due to the encryption layer. I would
>>> duplicate the unencrypted contents to a separate drive and toss the
>>> entire original drive in to the options for a new OS. It _should_ work
>>> to overlay a new OS and tell it to only mount the /home LV but ...
>>>
>>> My concern is that it's not a physical partition on the drive but part of a PV.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 2:28 PM, David Tomaschik
>>> <david at systemoverlord.com>  wrote:
>>>> I do NOT want to discuss Ubuntu's ethics on this thread.  There's a
>>>> separate thread for that.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone switched from Ubuntu to Debian and kept /home around?  I
>>>> currently have an eCryptFS-encrypted /home dir, and I'd like to keep
>>>> that encryption, my preferences, and my data intact.  /home is a
>>>> separate partition (actually an LV on LVM on software RAID-1), so I
>>>> should just be able to blow Ubuntu away and install pure Debian,
>>>> right?  (I'm thinking Debian testing...)
>>>>
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