On 10 Feb 2017 00:15 -0800, from dpchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (David Christensen): > The available space of the LUKS mapped device is going to be smaller > than the partition size. On one of my 3 TB drives, it's about ~44 > GB smaller (~1.6%). The LUKS meta-data is going to be in there, > including the header. That doesn't make sense. The LUKS header is a shade over 1 MiB, depending on the specific options (the FAQ has details). The size of the header isn't related to the size of the container. Something else is going on in your case. -- Michael Kjörling • https://michael.kjorling.se • michael@xxxxxxxxxxx “People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don’t.” (Bjarne Stroustrup) _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt