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From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Subject: Re: Encrypted slice with geli
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In response to Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net>:

> Hello list!
> 
> I was thinking of makeing a slice encrypted with geli.
> 
> My question is: does geli init -s 4096 /dev/ad* erase the data on the
> slice. The handbook didn't say yes or no, and I don't want to try
> without asking.

Creating an encrypted slice with geli destroys any data that was
previous on the slice.

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Bill Moran
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