Hey Robert,
On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 14:47 -0400, Robert L Cochran wrote:
To make it clearer what I really want: I already have a Fedora 12
system
up and running but it does not appear to be encrypted.
If I follow the instructions below (at
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f12/en-US/html/apcs04.html )
will my Fedora 12 system be preserved, or will it be destroyed in the
encryption process? I get the feeling the answer is it will be destroyed
-- I need to encrypt a filesystem first and then install Fedora 12
within that.
Good question, sorry if that wasn't clear. To my understanding, you
cannot encrypt an already unencrypted partition. I believe you'd need
to back-up the data to another location, and then follow the procedures
in the install-guide (either during anaconda or from an already
installed system).
Thanks,
James