And an alternative to losetup some of you might like to experiment with: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/agk/patches/2.6/editing/ dm-extract-device-limit-setting.patch dm-table-add-target-flush.patch (requires dm-table-add-target-preresume.patch first to apply cleanly) dm-add-loop.patch dm-loop.patch losetup /dev/loop0 /tmp/file becomes roughly dmsetup create loop0 --table "0 N loop /tmp/file 0" --table option is now in cvs; else use stdin N is the <filesize_in_bytes>/512 make file a multiple of your page size & fs block size We're working towards a drop-in replacement for 'losetup'. Alasdair -- agk@xxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- dm-crypt mailing list - http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: dm-crypt-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: dm-crypt-help@xxxxxxxx
