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kama0arch

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Registered: 2024-03-27

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Can I reinstall my system if it is encrypted with LUKS from a-

Previous archinstall scipt install

Hi everyone, I was wondering if I have to do anything with my encrypted drives before reinstalling arch, the last time I installed it I fully encrypted the drive with luks while using archinstall, can i simply choose the encrypted drive during install and it'll decrypt it and use the full space?

impossibleveins23

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From: Israel

Registered: 2022-06-18

Posts: 171

Re: Can I reinstall my system if it is encrypted with LUKS from a-

If you fully encrypted the drive, where are you planning to reinstall arch?
LUKS is a partition encryption so if you want to access the data inside, you need to map and mount it that includes for reinstalling Arch.

Can I assume that you want to use the same LUKS volume and just reinstall what's inside?

*Either way backup everything that is important out so you won't mistakenly delete it.

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