Hey Robert, On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 14:47 -0400, Robert L Cochran wrote: > To make it clearer what I really want: I already have a Fedora 12 system > up and running but it does not appear to be encrypted. > > If I follow the instructions below (at > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f12/en-US/html/apcs04.html ) > > will my Fedora 12 system be preserved, or will it be destroyed in the > encryption process? I get the feeling the answer is it will be destroyed > -- I need to encrypt a filesystem first and then install Fedora 12 > within that. Good question, sorry if that wasn't clear. To my understanding, you cannot encrypt an already unencrypted partition. I believe you'd need to back-up the data to another location, and then follow the procedures in the install-guide (either during anaconda or from an already installed system). Thanks, James
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