Moving from openpgp card to cryptostick

[Grant Olson]

On 2/9/12 4:46 AM, Klaus Layer wrote:
> 
> I proceed exactly as described in the howto with my backup keys. But I always 
> get the message "gpg: secretkey already stored on a card"
> 
> Any idea how I can resolve this?
> 

I would suggest setting up the new card off of a temp keyring using the
homedir option:

mkdir newcard
gpg --homedir newcard import backup.gpg
gpg --homedir newcard --card-edit
... etc

If that works, delete your private key from your real keyring and run
--card-status to use the new card.

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Grant

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