quick linux question

[Cryosec]

I'd like to change distro on a drive (that Budgie remix looks good), and I do have /boot/efi, /boot and data separated. But the data partition is encrypted with LUKS. If I install the new distro, how can I make it use the already existing encrypted partition? Never tried this before

[paddy-stone]

No idea, sorry. But personally I would just install the new distro and replace the entire partition/drive. But then that shows my little knowledge of linux, lol.

 

 

[Cryosec]

12 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

No idea, sorry. But personally I would just install the new distro and replace the entire partition/drive. But then that shows my little knowledge of linux, lol.

 

 

If no one can help, I might just do that  buut I'll need to backup stuff, boring

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

7 hours ago, Cryosec said:

I'd like to change distro on a drive (that Budgie remix looks good), and I do have /boot/efi, /boot and data separated. But the data partition is encrypted with LUKS. If I install the new distro, how can I make it use the already existing encrypted partition? Never tried this before

You can still use it. I share encrypted data across distributions no problem. 

[Cryosec]

1 minute ago, SCHISCHKA said:

You can still use it. I share encrypted data across distributions no problem. 

just by setting up the password during the installation? This makes life easier  

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

1 minute ago, Cryosec said:

just by setting up the password during the installation? This makes life easier  

Not quite. I had to install cryptsetup after installation and the I use gnome disk utility to mount it

[Cryosec]

1 minute ago, SCHISCHKA said:

Not quite. I had to install cryptsetup after installation and the I use gnome disk utility to mount it

oh. still a better option than a full disk format

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

Captain obvious says: do a backup before installation incase you accidentally erase your data.

A few years ago i used Ubuntu's automatic install option and it erased the wrong drive

[Cryosec]

Just now, SCHISCHKA said:

Captain obvious says: do a backup before installation incase you accidentally erase your data.

A few years ago i used Ubuntu's automatic install option and it erased the wrong drive

will do. My cheap Raspberry Pi USB stick NAS will finally have some use  

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

4 minutes ago, Cryosec said:

will do. My cheap Raspberry Pi USB stick NAS will finally have some use  

let me know what the transfer speed you get and the raspberry pi version you are using. When I got the first edition of raspberry pi I put it on a powered USB hub with one mechanical 2.5" HDD, one wifi NIC; i could transfer files at 1mb/s. I havnt tried using my Rpi3 as a NAS because i dont think the extra cores and clock speed will make a difference

[Cryosec]

6 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

let me know what the transfer speed you get and the raspberry pi version you are using. When I got the first edition of raspberry pi I put it on a powered USB hub with one mechanical 2.5" HDD, one wifi NIC; i could transfer files at 1mb/s. I havnt tried using my Rpi3 as a NAS because i dont think the extra cores and clock speed will make a difference

RPi2 with ethernet and USB 3.0 sticks as storage (just a single 32GB atm), 440MB file uploaded in around 2 minutes - so something like 3.5-4 MB/s

BTW I'm using Owncloud

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

1 minute ago, Cryosec said:

RPi2 with ethernet and USB 3.0 sticks as storage (just a single 32GB atm), 440MB file uploaded in around 2 minutes - so something like 3.5-4 MB/s

BTW I'm using Owncloud

I was thinking about nexcloud, tornado, own cloud. I can't decide which to use. Iv just been using rsync between devices and my usb backup which can be kind of annoying doing things manually. If you try to create your own local cloud it gets very complex

[Cryosec]

Just now, SCHISCHKA said:

I was thinking about nexcloud, tornado, own cloud. I can't decide which to use. Iv just been using rsync between devices and my usb backup which can be kind of annoying doing things manually. If you try to create your own local cloud it gets very complex

yup, it does. I never tried Nexcloud nor Tornado, but Owncloud does it's job and it was easy to setup (even tho I had some problems with permissions on the usb mount directory, which looks like a common problem as there are a lot of results on google if you search for it)