Jan Klod wrote: > util-linux output was: You need -lcrypt. I continued with installing, "You need -lcrypt" means "configure script has detected that to link some programs, util-linux's Makefiles need to use -lcrypt linker option". This is nothing to worry about. > but "make tests" failed, because there was no /dev/loop7! Your distro's init scripts and/or udev scripts are supposed to create that device node. You can also create those device nodes manually, like this: #/bin/sh for x in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7; do mknod -m 660 /dev/loop${x} b 7 ${x}; done -- Jari Ruusu 1024R/3A220F51 5B 4B F9 BB D3 3F 52 E9 DB 1D EB E3 24 0E A9 DD - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/