# Pastebin nSbVkTol Add LUKS encryption to not yet encrypted device First, be sure you have space added to disk. Or alternatively shrink filesystem in advance. Here we need 4096 512-bytes sectors (enough for 2x128 bit key). fdisk -u /dev/sdb # move sdb1 partition end + 4096 sectors (or use resize2fs or tool for your filesystem and shrink it) cryptsetup-reencrypt /dev/sdb1 --new --reduce-device-size 4096S