Command failed: device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument

azza · 07-01-2009, 06:27 AM

hi all
I want to use dm-crypt to encrypt removable disk but when I run this command :
cryptsetup -y create maildir /dev/sdb1
and error appear :
Command failed: device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument

mikepeters76 · 07-26-2009, 07:07 AM

Hi I get exactly the same error trying to decrypt a truecrypt volume on Vector lite 6.0
Running truecrypt 6.2a which I installed from source, and followed the Readme.

All I can see from the Readme is that I need to have device-mapper to run it from the command line. Since I have kernel 2.6.27.12 I assume I don't need to patch it.

LinuxAdmire · 01-10-2011, 03:16 AM

Try putting -m=nokernelcrypto at the mounting command options