28 Apr, 2023
sudo apt-get install cryptsetup
sudo lsblk
umount /media/james/Extreme\ Pro
sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda1 bs=1M count=100
sudo cryptsetup --verbose --verify-passphrase luksFormat /dev/sda
sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda sda
sudo mkfs.ext4 -L EncryptedWD4TB /dev/mapper/sda
sudo cryptsetup luksClose sda
Then I safely remove drive in Nautilus, unplug and plug in the drive.
I'm prompted for my password.
Finally to make the root writable I change its owner:
sudo chown james:james /media/james/EncryptedWD4TB
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