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Date:      Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:40:54 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Encrypted slice with geli
Message-ID:  <20090420154054.cb4095f5.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <49ECCF4E.3060104@bah.homeip.net>
References:  <49ECCF4E.3060104@bah.homeip.net>

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In response to Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net>:

> Hello list!
> 
> I was thinking of makeing a slice encrypted with geli.
> 
> My question is: does geli init -s 4096 /dev/ad* erase the data on the
> slice. The handbook didn't say yes or no, and I don't want to try
> without asking.

Creating an encrypted slice with geli destroys any data that was
previous on the slice.

-- 
Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com
http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/



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