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-<h1>Encrypting a Drive with LUKS and cryptsetup</h1>
-
-<h2>1. Get the drive name</h2>
-<pre><code class="language-shell">lsblk
-</code></pre>
-
-<h2>2. Install cryptsetup</h2>
-<pre><code class="language-shell">sudo pacman -S cryptsetup
-</code></pre>
-
-<h2>3. Format the drive</h2>
-<ul>
- <li>To format the drive, you can use <code>cfdisk</code> or any other utility of your choice.</li>
-</ul>
-<pre><code class="language-shell">cfdisk /dev/sdaX
-</code></pre>
-<ul>
- <li>Now, delete all the signatures and partitions on the drive</li>
- <li>Then, create a filesystem on the drive as follows:</li>
-</ul>
-<pre><code class="language-shell">mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdaX
-</code></pre>
-<ul>
- <li>After the FS has been created, create a partition on the drive with <code>cfdisk</code></li>
- <li>After the partition has been created, you can finally start encrypting the drive</li>
-</ul>
-
-<h2>4. Encrypt the created partition</h2>
-<ul>
- <li>List the partition</li>
-</ul>
-<pre><code class="language-shell">lsblk /dev/sdaX
-</code></pre>
-<ul>
- <li>Encrypt the partition</li>
-</ul>
-<pre><code class="language-shell">cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda[0-9]
-</code></pre>
-<ul>
- <li>It will ask for a passphrase, make sure to provide a strong passphrase</li>
-</ul>
-
-<h2>5. Decrypt and create filesystem</h2>
-<ul>
- <li>Decrypt the drive</li>
-</ul>
-<pre><code class="language-shell">cryptsetup open /dev/sda[0-9] &lt;name&gt;
-</code></pre>
-<ul>
- <li>Make the FS</li>
-</ul>
-<pre><code class="language-shell">mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/&lt;name&gt;
-</code></pre>
-
-<h2>6. Re-encrypt after usage</h2>
-<pre><code class="language-shell">cryptsetup close &lt;name&gt;
-</code></pre>
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+ <h1>Encrypting a Drive with LUKS and cryptsetup</h1>
+
+ <h2>1. Get the drive name</h2>
+ <pre><code>lsblk</code></pre>
+
+ <h2>2. Install cryptsetup</h2>
+ <pre><code>sudo pacman -S cryptsetup</code></pre>
+
+ <h2>3. Format the drive</h2>
+ <p>To format the drive, you can use cfdisk or any other utility of your choice.</p>
+ <pre><code>cfdisk /dev/sdaX</code></pre>
+ <p>Now, delete all the signatures and partitions on the drive. Then, create a filesystem on the drive as follows:</p>
+ <pre><code>mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdaX</code></pre>
+ <p>After the FS has been created, create a partition on the drive with cfdisk. After the partition has been created, you can finally start encrypting the drive.</p>
+
+ <h2>4. Encrypt the created partition</h2>
+ <p>List the partition:</p>
+ <pre><code>lsblk /dev/sdaX</code></pre>
+ <p>Encrypt the partition:</p>
+ <pre><code>cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda[0-9]</code></pre>
+ <p>It will ask for a passphrase, make sure to provide a strong passphrase.</p>
+
+ <h2>5. Decrypt and create filesystem</h2>
+ <p>Decrypt the drive:</p>
+ <pre><code>cryptsetup open /dev/sda[0-9] &lt;name&gt;</code></pre>
+ <p>Make the FS:</p>
+ <pre><code>mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/&lt;name&gt;</code></pre>
+
+ <h2>6. Re-encrypt after usage</h2>
+ <pre><code>cryptsetup close &lt;name&gt;</code></pre>
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