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==File Systems==

Fedora 25

 provides basic support for encrypted swap partitions and non-root
 file systems.  To use it, add entries to /etc/crypttab and reference the

created devices in /etc/fstab.

New in Fedora 9, the installer Anaconda has support for creating encrypted file systems during installation. For more information on that, refer to the Fedora Installation Guide:

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide

Installing to encrypted volumes, including the root file system, is now supported. There is no configuration tool for adding or removing keys from volumes at a later time, or otherwise doing modification of the encryption. Refer to this feature page for more information:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureEncryptedFilesystems

For full instructions on using encrypted file systems, refer to the Fedora Encryption and Privacy Guide:

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/encryption-privacy-guide

Ext4 Preview

The new ext4 file system is available in Fedora 9 as a nearly feature complete preview. While an ext3 file system can be mounted as ext4, an ext3 to ext4 conversion tool is planned that converts existing ext3 on-disk format to ext4.

Fedora 9 may be installed onto an ext4 file system by adding the ext4 option to the installer boot parameters and selecting custom partitioning.

The e2fsprogs userspace tools shipping with Fedora 9 are not yet fully ext4-capable. In particular, fsck ability is limited.

For more information about this feature:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraExt4

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Ext4