Re: cryptsetup and data-alignment

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On 7/18/09, Sven Eschenberg <sven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> when trying to luksFormat a device with: --align-payload=2048 and thus
> moving the payload to 1MB from the beginning of the underlying device,
> luksDump outputs the following:
> Payload offset: 4096 (?)
>
> This does not seem to make any sense.

Perhaps the option means align at a 2048 boundary, thus 2048, or 4096,
 or 6144, etc...
It I imagine picked the first boundary that wouldn't result in
overwriting of the keyslots.

-- Roscoe

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