The journal is generally located on the partition in question.  If the
partition is encrypted the journal should also be encrypted.  You can use
`tune2fs -l` to list the contents of the partition's superblock which will
have details on the partition such as journal location, etc...

On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 4:20 PM, "Roland Häder" <r.haeder@web.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently testing dm-crypt to encrypt my whole hard drive. So far I
> followed this [1] guide and have to wait for the randomization part of the
> hard drive.
>
> In the wiki, ext4 is being used. Since ext3 a journal has been added. From
> my times with loop-aes I know that I have to store the journal through an
> encrypted loop device else it might be written on the hard drive.
>
> As of I'm new to dm-crypt and Gentoo, where will that journal now go?
>
> Any help is welcomed. :)
>
> Regards,
>   Roland
>
>


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Sincerely,

Steve Buzonas Jr.