Error while making LUKS Encrypted partition

Buvaneshkumar · 01-04-2016, 03:24 AM

I am trying to make an encrypted partition in Red Hat Linux 7. I am proceeded by following way

fdisk /dev/vdb
n ->
p -> +150M
w
Now, /dev/vdb1 partition is created.
Making encrypted partition

cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/vdb1`
:YES
Enterpassphrase:
After entering password i got following error

device-mapper: reload ioctl on failed: Invalid argument
Failed to setup dm-crypt key mapping for device /dev/vdb1
check that kernel supports aes-xts-plain64 cipher

jeremy · 01-04-2016, 08:06 AM

Please post your thread in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place. This thread is being closed because it is a duplicate.