On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 02:47:00 CEST, procmem wrote: > > > Guilhem Moulin: > > Hi, > > > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 at 15:21:00 +0000, procmem wrote: > >> cryptsetup convert /dev/vda5 --type luks2 --debug > >> […] > >> Cannot convert device /dev/vda5 which is still in use. > >> […] > >> Command failed with code -5 (device already exists or device is busy). > > > > As the error message indicates, you need to remove (ie, close) the > > mapped device first. If that device is required for your system to run > > (for instance if it's holding the root file system) you won't be able to > > run `cryptsetup luksClose $name` from the main system; however you > > should be able to perform `cryptsetup convert` from a live CD, or from > > the initramfs image. > > > > initramfs sounds like the most versatile option. Any pointers on how to > to this? Searching SE turns up irrelevant results. The FAQ has an example how to do an an initrd, including dropping to shell, in Chapter 9: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#9-the-initrd-question Regards, Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: CB5D9718 FP: 12D6 C03B 1B30 33BB 13CF B774 E35C 5FA1 CB5D 9718 ---- A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. -- Plato If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx https://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
