Hi, > Reporter should paste output of "lsblk -t" with device activated to check what underlying > device report alignment limits are violated in storage stack). I am the reporter and the output of 'lsblk -t' with encrypted partition mounted is below. sda2 is the one that works fine, sdc4 is the one that throws alignment warnings. root@nuc:~> lsblk -t NAME ALIGNMENT MIN-IO OPT-IO PHY-SEC LOG-SEC ROTA SCHED RQ-SIZE RA WSAME sda 0 4096 0 4096 512 1 cfq 128 128 0B ├─sda1 0 4096 0 4096 512 1 cfq 128 128 0B └─sda2 0 4096 0 4096 512 1 cfq 128 128 0B └─zuluCrypt-1001-NAAN-sda2-4071757814 0 4096 0 4096 512 1 128 128 0B sdb 0 512 0 512 512 0 noop 128 128 0B ├─sdb1 0 512 0 512 512 0 noop 128 128 0B ├─sdb2 0 512 0 512 512 0 noop 128 128 0B ├─sdb3 0 512 0 512 512 0 noop 128 128 0B └─sdb4 0 512 0 512 512 0 noop 128 128 0B sdc 0 4096 33553920 4096 512 1 cfq 128 128 32M ├─sdc1 0 4096 33553920 4096 512 1 cfq 128 128 32M ├─sdc2 0 4096 33553920 4096 512 1 cfq 128 128 32M ├─sdc3 0 4096 33553920 4096 512 1 cfq 128 128 32M └─sdc4 0 4096 33553920 4096 512 1 cfq 128 128 32M └─zuluCrypt-1001-NAAN-sdc4-1790378342 -1 4096 0 4096 512 1 128 128 0B > That is indeed true and further info including 'dmsetup table' will be > necessary to tell what is really going on. Output below. Again, sdc4 is the problematic one. root@nuc:~> dmsetup table zuluCrypt-1001-NAAN-sdc4-1790378342: 0 11406264975 crypt aes-xts-plain64 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 256 8:36 256 zuluCrypt-1001-NAAN-sda2-4071757814: 0 1324371456 crypt aes-xts-plain64 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 256 8:2 256 _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt