So sorry, chucky23! I have a friend nicknamed “Chunky”—please take it as a compliment! And please accept my apologies.

Ah, Lion, yes. It will render my procedure obsolete, I’m sure, but this method may still be useful for those of us staying on Snow Leopard.

"Ah, Lion, yes. It will render my procedure obsolete, I’m sure, but this method may still be useful for those of us staying on Snow Leopard."

Huh. Back then, I expected to be an early upgrader to Lion, but given what I've seen, I think I may stay on Snowy for a loooooong time. So good on you for putting this all together, langiter.

(And FWIW, Lion actually supports "Legacy FileVault" if you upgrade a Snowy machine with an existing FileVault account, so this hint is actually applicable to anyone who wants to roll that way on Lion. I actually think "Legacy FileVault is superior to whole disk encryption in several ways, and would use it if I were to upgrade to Lion, which I'm not planning on doing.)