Re: Cryptoloop difference between Gentoo and SuSE Kernel

[Richard Hall <r.j.hall@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jari Ruusu wrote:

> Richard Hall wrote:
>  
>
> > I also compiled a custom Kernel without the loop device and compiled the
> > loop-aes loop device that I downloaded from sourceforge. Both gave the
> > same results of a sucessful execution of the losetup command but with an
> > unreadable ext2 FS.
> >    
> [snip]
>  
>
> > Any help or suggestions would be greatfully acepted.
> >    
>
> If you are using losetup and mount from loop-AES package, you can specify
> mainline util-linux compatible key setup like this:
>
>  losetup -e AES256 -H unhashed2 -p 0 /dev/loop0 /dev/sdb1 </etc/backup/aes.key
>                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Or kerneli.org compatible key setup like this:
>
>  losetup -e AES256 -H rmd160 -p 0 /dev/loop0 /dev/sdb1 </etc/backup/aes.key
>                    ^^^^^^^^^
>
>  

I finally got it working by downloading the util-linux and util-linux 
cryptoloop patch from the gentoo mirror, compiling it on the suse system 
and running it from the compiled directory.   I don't know what the hell 
is done differently but something obviously is.

Thanks for your suggestions,   they put me on the right track.

Keep up the good work

Rich

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