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How to install Debian on an existing LUKS container

By Egidio Docile

LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) is the de-facto standard encryption method used on Linux-based systems. While the Debian installer is perfectly capable of creating a LUKS container, it lacks the ability to recognize and therefore re-use an already existing one. In this article we see how we can workaround this problem using the ?DVD1? installer, and running it in ?advanced? mode.

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