encrypted partition mount problem

[Michael Cox <mscox42@yahoo.com>]

Hi. Probably a newb question; thanks in advance.

I setup an encrypted fs simply by selecting that
option for a partition in the Mandrake disk
partitioning tool (stock mandrake 9.0). On boot, I am
asked to enter the passphrase, but the mount fails
with the generic error about maybe having a bad block,
too many fs, etc. Once boot is complete, I get the
same error if I simply try 'mount /dev/hdaX, but if I
mount via the Mandrake GUI tool everything works OK.

I have a couple of theories, but this is probably
where my inner-newbie shows through.

1) the mount fails during the startup sequence because
the loop filesystems aren't themselves mounted yet; to
fix, can I just reorder things a bit in rc.sysinit?

2) there's something missing in /etc/fstab which the
GUI tool is taking care of for me

Or a combination of 1 and 2.

Thanks again for any help.

Regards,
Michael

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