On Thursday 28 Nov 2002 11:52, Skyscraper System Administrator wrote: > I tested losetup on a device, and it accepted the command, but > apparently that corrupts the pt: > $ losetup --encryption aes /dev/crypto /dev/hdc2 > > $ fdisk -l /dev/hdc2 > Disk /dev/hdc2: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 141 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Disk /dev/hdc2 doesn't contain a valid partition table /dev/hdc2 shouldn't contain a partition table anyway. hdc2 represents a partition within /dev/hdc, which _does_ have a PT. So fdisk -l /dev/hdc should give you a list of the partitions on hdc, including hdc2. I've used cryptoloop on devices for some time with no problems, both raw (/dev/hdd for my LS-120 ATAPI floppy drive) and partitioned (eg. /dev/pda1 for the first partition on my parallel-port SyQuest drive). Stephen - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
