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Create a LUKS encrypted volume

sudo cryptsetup --verbose --cipher aes-xts-plain64 --key-size 512 --hash sha512 --iter-time 5000 --use-random luksFormat /dev/sda1
sudo cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/sda1 backup
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/backup
sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/mapper/backup /mnt/backup
sudo umount /mnt/backup
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