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Do I need to use resize2fs and --reduce-device-size together, or is --reduce-device-size an alternative to using resize2fs?

Mathew Paret
– Mathew Paret

2020-05-09 00:50:59 +00:00
Commented May 9, 2020 at 0:50
Also, is there a way I can move the headers out of the encrypted disk (so that if the HDD falls into the wrong drive they can't prove it is encrypted at all)?

Mathew Paret
– Mathew Paret

2020-05-09 01:39:27 +00:00
Commented May 9, 2020 at 1:39
cryptsetup does not do filesystem resize, you have to do that beforehand. migrating to an external luks header sounds like a separate question. you can do that as is (keeping the data offset, making the change reversible) or move all data (set data offset to 0, to reverse you'd have to move all data again)

frostschutz
– frostschutz

2020-05-09 09:17:27 +00:00
Commented May 9, 2020 at 9:17

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