Can I install fresh Linux accross partitions (LUKS & LVM) and preserve/use existing home user?

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Published on 2012-06-09T17:41:56Z Indexed on 2012/06/09 22:42 UTC
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With an existing LUKS encrypted logical volume partitioned hard disk dual boot to Windoz and Linux (Fedora 15), is it necessary to "start over" with the LUKS setup when upgrading the system?

I recall some note about dividing the Linux installation over different partitions would help to preserve the home data in future update (I can't find this now) Before I try it, is this possible and intended use case for partitioning a Linux installation?

   # lsblk -fa
   NAME                                                 FSTYPE      LABEL         MOUNTPOINT
   sda [80G]
   +-sda1 [system W95 FAT 32]                           vfat
   +-sda2                                               ext4              /boot
   +-sda3 [52.4G]                                       crypto_LUKS
     +-luks-de25ac97-6a32-4b79-a6a0-296a39376b3b (dm-0) LVM2_member
       +-cryptVG-root (dm-1) [21.5G]                    ext4              /
       +-cryptVG-swap (dm-2) [5.4MB]                    swap              [SWAP]
       +-cryptVG-data (dm-3) [25.6G]                    ext4              /home

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