Firevault?!

[ShaunC]

when trying to turn on firevault (tiger) it gives me this message;

Turning on FileVault requires an additional 4084.0 GB of free disk space to create an encrypted copy of the home folder


are you kidding?!?!


whats wrong with it?

any help?

 

[MacAodh]

... Just checked for me, less then a Gig... on leopard

 

[ShaunC]

Yeah i know
that cant be right though


i've only got a 120gb drive and theres still 16gb free

 

[ShaunC]

theres the screenshot of the message

and belive me...there isnt 4000gb of stuff in my trash

 

[merl1n]

theres the screenshot of the message

and belive me...there isnt 4000gb of stuff in my trash

You may have some directory corruption.

Boot into "Single User Mode" (press command-s keys at reboot and hold) and at the command prompt type:

/sbin/fsck -fy (and hit the return key)

If you see errors, keep running the command (retype it at the next command prompt) until the output comes up clean.

After that, at the command prompt type:
reboot (and hit the return key)

Then try File Vault again.

 

[ShaunC]

is firevault even actually that important to have turned on ?

 

[Sky Blue]

is firevault even actually that important to have turned on ?

FileVault

No, not really.

 

[Morod]

is firevault even actually that important to have turned on ?

Man, that IS the question!
I thought Filevault was a pretty good selling point for Leopard, but the more I read on this forum about it, the more I'm glad I've never tried using it.
When I asked about it, the answers received were mostly "Don't bother using it", "It's more trouble than its worth", that type of thing.
Recommended to me was, if you have data that important, burn it to an encrypted DVD.
I have read bad stories of Filevault users and it slowing down their OS.
Again, this is just me. Hopefully you'll hear from happy Filevault users who nothing but good things to say about it.
So far, I haven't used it. 🙂
Morod