Ubuntu :: Can Format An Encrypted Integral Flashdrive So That It Will Work
Jun 30, 2011
I was given an Integral AES 256 bit encrypted usb drive. It isn't compatible with Linux which is annoying but i was wondering if i could format it and use it without the software? I have plugged it in and it comes up as a CD drive. I checked for it in Gparted but it doesn't show up there. Does anyone know how i could get the drive formatted? Just plugged in into a windows computer to see if i could format it there. Set it up but there is no option to format it upon right click of the drive.
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Apr 30, 2011
I learned from another post that Ubuntu (Gnome) will be doing away with panels as of 11.10 so I am in the process of downloading Lubuntu to have a look see. To keep myself amused during the download I have been poking around in various documentation pages and came across one on ubuntu.com about backup. It points to some pages on Ubuntu One.
The tech specs indicate that communication to/from Ubuntu One use SSL. However, I do not find any information as to the actual storage of files on the Ubuntu One servers (the FAQ page seems to be down at the moment). Can anyone tell me if the files which are synced to the server are stored in an encrypted format on the server?
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Jan 29, 2010
Well the title says it all. Royal screw-up! I accidentally formatted two Windows partitions inside a Pointsec encrypted hard drive using gparted from a liveCD (in USB). Is there a way to recreate these partitions? If not the whole partition, at least be able to recover everything inside My Documents.I ran TestDisk and it will not see any of the two partitions that existed in the drive.
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Dec 11, 2010
I just picked up a 1.5TB external drive. I want to wipe the NTFS partition (I assume that's what it is) that is there and replace it with an encrypted ext4 partition.
Is there a HOW-TO somewhere for this?
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Jun 3, 2015
I have a problem with my debian install. I 've got a laptop with 3 OS:
First I installed windows.
Then I installed ubuntu 15.04 in an encrypted partition, and another partition with /boot (/dev/sda6) created when I installed Ubuntu.
And, finally I installed Debian 8 in an encrypted LVM (/dev/sda8) with 3 partitions (/, /home and swap), and a /boot (/dev/sda7) partition created when I installed Debian.
Needless to say that both /boot partitions are not encrypted
Previously I had a similar configuration with ubuntu 14.04 and Debian wheezy.
The problem is that I can't start the system by using the Debian grub (/dev/sda7). So Ihave to boot the system using Ubuntu's grub (/dev/sa6). The second part of the problem is that when I boot Debian using /dev/sda6 (ubuntu's grub) , plymouth does not work.
I tried purging grub and reinstalling it again with the ubuntu partition mounted, and it did not work.
I did not have this problem with my previous configuration (with wheezy and xubuntu 14.04) ...
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Jul 23, 2011
Why doesn't encrypted WLAN communication work for me? I've got an HP Probook 6555b with Ubuntu 11.04 32-bit. When I set my WLAN router to unencrypted I'm able to connect. But if I choose WPA-PSK-TKIP or WPA2-AES or WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK I can't connect. Ubuntu prompts me to enter my encryption key. I enter it. It runs for a while and then prompts me again. The little icon at the top right of the screen next to the speaker symbol is where I can see it trying to connect.
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Apr 11, 2011
I'm guessing that a file is created as a loopback device and encrypted (using LUKS?)
What is the mechanism used at user login to decrypt and mount the encrypted $HOME and to re-encrypt it at logout?
I confess an ulterior motive here - SWMBO has recently got her hands on an Acer Aspire one running Linpus Lite and there's absolutely no security on it
Personally I'd dump Linpus and put on openSUSE but it's her box and she likes the simple interface that Acer have supplied so maybe I can set up the encrypted $HOME as YaST does for openSUSE if I can find out what to do.
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May 5, 2010
What format should I go with on an external HDD to ferry large files (up to 10Gb) between various Macs, Ubuntu and Windows machines?
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Mar 7, 2011
I installed Ubuntu 10.10 64 on my laptop with the entire 500gb setup as encrypted LVM. This has worked well for several months with no problems. During this time i have been backing up the data to an external usb drive (1tb) on a regular basis. The usb drive was not encrypted. So, I thought it would be a good idea to encrypt the backup drive too. I wiped out the backup drive and set it up as one large encrypted lvm and mbr. This seemed to work fine but immediately afterwards I decided to erase that and set it up as encrypted lvm guid instead of mbr. I couldn't delete it while logged into my desktop so i decided to do it from a bootable gparted usb stick. In gparted i erased the 1TB backup drive once again and planned on setting it up the way I wanted once I was logged back into my ubuntu desktop. Now I cant boot into my desktop with the following errors:
cryptsetup: evms_activate is not available b0d) does not begin with /dev/mapper/
Then after waiting for a few minutes I get an error followed by (initramfs)
When booting from a live version of ubuntu the 250MB boot patition is recognized and 500 partion is there but it is labeled as empty/unused.
Also, I did choose to use the exact same passphrase as what is used on the main bootable drive when I set up the encrypted partition on the external 1TB drive.
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Jan 5, 2010
I've just started using ubuntu one. However, some of the files I store on there are sensitive so I encrypt them using seahorse. Right click, encrypt etc etc. My question is, is there a way to automatically get the encrypt process to delete the un-encrypted file when it makes the new encrypted copy?
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Mar 20, 2010
I'm a new netbook owner considering installing Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Is it possible for me to download it to a usb drive and test it out with out installing it (similar to what can be done through the CD drive on desktops/laptops)? I'm worried about not being able to fully get into swing with Ubuntu fast enough to get my schoolwork done, so I'm wondering if I can try it before I actually install it. If I do install it and don't like it, can I revert easily back to windows?
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Sep 6, 2010
I am new with fedora and I get this error when I am using movie player [URL]
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Jan 22, 2011
Does anyone know if it would be possible to copy/clone my current Ubuntu install to a memory card of usb stick, and then boot from it? I have a HTPC and the hard drive is the loudest component in the pc. I was hoping that running it from a flash drive would be a lot quieter.
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Mar 28, 2011
how to reformat my Bufalo USB drive to EXT3 format so that I can use it as a secondary drive for my Humax PVR. I am a new user to both Linux Ubunto and Gparted I have downloaded Gparted and connected the external drive to my laptop which is running Ubunto and can see the external drive I have never partitioned or formatted a drive before.
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Dec 16, 2010
I am looking at installing Debian on a USB flash drive (not in a read only manner, but with configuration changes saved). I have read the eeepc usb stick installation guide, and just have a few remaining questions. Is there anyway to force the usb stick to stay in the same address (as it will be in a system with two sata drives, in hot swap caddies). Apart from having /tmp and /proc on ramdisks, is there anything else that is recomended to avoid excessive wear on the memory stick.
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May 5, 2011
I just got Mint 10 DLed and I'm ready to install. I was reading around and saw that a Live USB can be done. Can anyone tell me how to do that? I also wanted to install it to a PC that isn't ready yet, but I a saw one could make a USB drive work like an OS disk. Can anyone help me with that also. All the years I've worked with PCs, I never installed an OS off a flashdrive.
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Mar 25, 2010
I installed 9.10 onto a flash drive with 1 gig of presistence. I tried to install Lyx but it started installing Tex Live on the flashdrive. So I stopped it and installed Tex Live on my own using the installer from its site onto the hard drive. However, some space on the flashdrive was used by the failed install. Anyway I can get that space back? Additionally, if I want to swap to a larger flashdrive in the future? Could I just install the same way onto a larger flashdrive, set a larger presistence, and copy over all files from my original flashdrive? Sorry if I'm butching terms, I'm pretty new at this.
edit: Erm...I think when I deleted the things in the tmp folder because had a lot of archive files in there...I might have deleted something important. Since it is also now asking me for an administrator password that I didn't set. Trash doesn't have anything in there any more.
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Aug 2, 2010
I wish to re-install grub legacy from my booted USB flash drive for Ubuntu 9.04.
Using the terminal for sudo grub I then go to >root (hd0,0) and then when I go to <setup (hd0) I get "Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition"
I have tried substituting /dev/sda in place of (hd0) but then I get "Error 11: Unrecognized device string"
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Nov 8, 2010
I am using the 32bit version of ubuntu desktop 10.10. When I download a video on transmission and copy it to my 2gb iball pendrive the movie file doesn't show up on ps3. The file is compatible with my ps3 no question about that, it works fine when i re-downloaded it and copied the file to the same flashdrive using xp.
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Jan 2, 2011
I'm trying to format a 32GB USB flash drive to ext3 for Linux.
Code:
sudo tail -f /var/log/messages
shows me:
Jan 1 23:40:42 rj kernel:
[13773.966516] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
[13800.780008] usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
[13800.932141] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[13800.932281] scsi12 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devi
[Code]...
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Jul 18, 2011
Tried all usb ports and wont take, tried 2 types of flashdrives.
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Oct 15, 2010
Im trying to install Backtrack 4, XBMC live, and ultimate boot cd onto a 4gb usb flash drive and im wondering if my partition layout is acceptable for doing what i want to do, and im wondering how to install them to usb correctly (unetbootin doesnt work)
partition layout
100mb for boot
2.5gb for backtrack 4
700mb for UBCD
700mb for XBMC live
how do i install grub, or another boot loader that will read the adjacent partitions and boot them no matter what pc im on?
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Mar 18, 2010
Ive created a bootable RHEL4 USB flashdrive so that I can do my installs from rather than using CDDVD's. The USB key boots fine to the point where it asks me to select a drive that contains the ISO images, but it doesn't show me the USB drive to select, only my 2 hard drives sda1 and sdb.
We currently use HP xw9400's with the following spec as shown in dmidecode:
BIOS Information
System Information
I know that the xw9400's have the nvidia mcp55 pro chip on the motherboard that handles USB, keyboard, mouse and other peripheral traffic, so am wondering if this could be what the problem is? Like there may some code that i need to tell the machine to use this or something?
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I am working on a production system on which it is not advisable to enable on-access scan with use of Dazuko. However, I want to do an automatic scan with clamscan when the flashdrive is mounted. As far as I know, Kudzu is arranging the automount of the flashdrives.
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Dec 12, 2010
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Jun 7, 2011
I made a linux bootable usb flash drive. When I browse that usb flash drive in windows, it has a boot folder and inside it is the grub folder. Then I put a file in the flash drive in the same directory level as the boot folder. How can I access that file when I boot the usb flash drive in the other computer? When I am in the linux shell already
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Jan 18, 2011
Laptop: Compact Presario C706NR Notebook Pc. Ive just tried to install Ubuntu 10.04 and unluckily failed... Ive checked the hard disk and it has responded error: 1files. [Errno 5] Input/output error
I'm running it on a USB. at the moment im using it as my comp. my windows vista is gone. Id like to fully install any recommendations?
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Feb 13, 2011
Just wanting to know if there is a program or script or something I can use that will automatically copy all my files from a flashdrive, to a predetermined share, whenever that flashdrive is plugged into the server.
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Apr 11, 2011
I have a Kingston 16GB Flash Drive ( the storage should show around 14.5 GB I believe). When I right-click, and go to properties, it only shows a maximum size of about 6.5GB. I cleared the files off of it and formatted it, and it still reads as 6.5GB. It's about a year old, but has not been used very much. I used it a few times to boot off of it, and run Linux ( ...just to try new to me distros) but from the looks of it, there are no partitions that I forgot to take off. I haven't even really used it that much since I got it. Where did my storage space go?
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