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Old 10-06-2010, 06:11 AM   #1
AkylaQD
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Slackware encrypt partition

When I trying to encrypt my disk partition

losetup -e aes-256 /dev/loop0 /dev/sda7
password:

it says:
ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument

what i need to fix this?

P.S. my distro Slackware 13.1
 
Old 10-06-2010, 02:45 PM   #2
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why don't you just use luks:

cryptsetup -s 256 -y luksFormat /dev/sda7

according to:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackwar...ADME_CRYPT.TXT


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Originally Posted by AkylaQD View Post
When I trying to encrypt my disk partition

losetup -e aes-256 /dev/loop0 /dev/sda7
password:

it says:
ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument

what i need to fix this?

P.S. my distro Slackware 13.1
Last edited by deNiro; 10-06-2010 at 02:47 PM.
 
Old 10-06-2010, 09:06 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by AkylaQD View Post
When I trying to encrypt my disk partition

losetup -e aes-256 /dev/loop0 /dev/sda7
password:

it says:
ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument

what i need to fix this?

P.S. my distro Slackware 13.1
Have you loaded the cryptoloop module?

# modprobe cryptoloop
Last edited by oldfolio; 10-06-2010 at 09:16 PM.
 
Old 10-19-2010, 05:58 AM   #4
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Thanks, "modprobe cryptoloop" fix this=)
 
  


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