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