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What are the best ways to get info on the encryption methods used on my laptop?

I have a laptop running ubuntu 10.10. In Gparted I see numerous partitions. This was installed 'I believe' using the 'encrypt home folder' option using the install disk. I am trying to determine 'as a matter of fact' since I did not do the install, which partitions are in fact encrypted, and confirm for certain whether the encryption was done using the install disk as I mentioned above. How can I determine what encryption is on what partitions? Is it disk-level or some other. Was another encryption program used besides the ubuntu installer? What method can I use which will tell me the most about the encryption method used on my computer? Thank you?

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NAME

     pc-sysinstall -- System installer backend

SYNOPSIS

     pc-sysinstall [-c file] [command]

DESCRIPTION

     The pc-sysinstall utility is a hybrid backend for installing FreeBSD.  When run in install mode it takes a configuration file and performs an
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     The following options are available:

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COMMANDS

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     test-netup
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HISTORY

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AUTHORS

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BUGS

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