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Create a volume for LUKS Encryption

  1. Create a partition.

›_ Console 

# fdisk /dev/sdc
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fdisk command prompt

  1. Type n for new partition and p for primary partition type.

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New partition creation

  1. Press ENTER to use up all the available space after your first sector or specify the size for your partition.

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Specifying size of disk

  1. Type w to write the partition table.

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Saving changes to partition table

  1. Verify the newly added partition using fdisk -l command.

›_ Console 

# fdisk -l
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Disk list

  1. Format the newly added partition.

›_ Console 

# cryptsetup -y -v luksFormat /dev/sdc1
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Formatting the partition