On 20 Sep 2017 15:38 -0700, from jlowry@xxxxxxx (Jerry Lowry): > I have created an encrypted drive using the following commands: > > #>cryptsetup --verify=passphrase -- hash=sha256 --keyfile=/dir/file > create /dev/mapper/testcui /dev/sdb If that's what you _really_ did, I'm pretty sure it can't have worked. The newline notwithstanding, whitespace still matters, and there is no --verify parameter (you probably meant to use --verify-passphrase). > Sep 20 14:19:53 jubilee systemd[1]: Starting Cryptography Setup for > /dev/mapper/testcui... > -- Subject: Unit systemd-cryptsetup@-dev-mapper-testcui.service has > begun start-up > -- Defined-By: systemd > -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel At a minimum, run cryptsetup directly (not through systemd) with the --debug flag and post back with the output thus obtained. -- 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