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Re: Partitions on loopback

Gabriel Jägenstedt wrote:
> ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument, requested cipher or key length
> (256 bits) not supported by kernel

Above means that loop driver does not support crypto.

> FATAL: Error inserting loop (/lib/modules/2.6.11.6/block/loop.ko):
> Input/output error

Above means that there is already a loop driver in your kernel.

Most likely you booted wrong kernel image.
What does "uname -a" say?

> CONFIG_CRYPTO=y
> CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1=y
> CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256=y
> CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA512=y
> CONFIG_CRYPTO_TWOFISH=y
> CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_586=y
> CONFIG_CRYPTO_TEST=y
> 
> What is happening here?

loop-AES does not need any of above.

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