Re: Fwd: ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument

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Assuming /dev/hdb is the cd you burned from crypt.iso,
perhaps I'm missing something but I'm not sure that
losetup line is the correct way to set up a loop
device from an encrypted cd? dmesg says it's looking
for a FAT filesystem.

Does the one-step mount line as per the README work?



--- Pedro Polonia <polonia2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello to all.
> 
>     I burn in windows several cd and dvd, encrypted
> with crosscrypt
> filedisk, AES256 but i can't mount any in my fedora
> core 3. I always
> get an "ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument"
> error.
> 
>   kernel version: (uname -a)
> Linux core3.mydomain 2.6.9-1.667 #1 Tue Nov 2
> 14:41:25 EST 2004 i686
> i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> 
>     How i encrypt:
> filedisk /encrypt plain.iso crypt.iso
> /aes256:some.long.password.with.more.than.20.char
> 
>     How i try to setup the loopback device
> [root@core3 mnt]# losetup -e AES256 /dev/loop0
> /dev/hdb
> Password:
> ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument
> 
>     Feedback with dmesg:
> lp0: console ready
> FAT: invalid media value (0xc2)
> VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hdb.
> loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
> 
>     I also check the kernel modules, and all is OK.
> I also install a
> new kernel, and re-compile  with all loopback
> support enable
> 
>    What can i do? what I'm missing?
> 
>                                Thanks,
> 
>                                    Pedro
> 
> -
> Linux-crypto:  cryptography in and on the Linux
> system
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> http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
> 
> 



		
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