On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:21:34 -0800, David Christensen wrote: >Sarah Dean wrote: >> Do you have any more success with the instructions at: >> http://www.freeotfe.org/docs/Linux_examples__LUKS.htm > >Thanks for your help. :-) You're welcome! >Yes, those instructions worked (with some modification): > > http://www.holgerdanske.com/node/455 > > >I ended up with a ~128 MB W95 FAT16 (LBA) filesystem inside a LUKS >volume file on a W95 FAT16 (LBA) file system on a USB flash drive. > > >My next hurdle will be a ~300 GB USB SATA drive. I would like to end up >with a FAT32 filesystem, but: > >1. I'm not certain of the Linux file system name or the disk partition >type letter for "FAT32". Checking man mkfs.msdos/man mkdosfs, it looks like you should be able to use -F to specify 32 bit FAT? i.e. Something along the lines of: mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/whatever? >2. I don't know if the Linux tools can create FAT32 partitions this >large. (I do have a Windows tool that can -- fat32format.) I'm not aware of any limitations wrt Linux, though FAT32 will easily support a 300GB filesystem >3. I would prefer an encrypted partition rather than an encrypted file, >to simplify operations and avoid bottlenecks. Using a partition rather than a file shouldn't be a problem; just point it at the /dev/xyz entry instead of a file should suffice. Though where removable media is concerned (e.g. USB drives), MS Windows saw fit to introduce the limitation that Windows can only see the first partition (why?!!) which prevents FreeOTFE (or any other system) from accessing subsequent partitions. -- Sarah Dean FreeOTFE site: http://www.FreeOTFE.org/ Personal site: http://www.SDean12.org/ For information on SecureTrayUtil, Shredders, On-The-Fly Encryption (OTFE) systems, etc, see the URLs above. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
