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Hi guys,
I'm quite new to Linux, but I hope I can give you all the information you need.
I'll just post what I did, so this might be self ...
- 12-03-2010 #1Just Joined!
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[SOLVED] Error using dm-crypt with luks
Hi guys,
I'm quite new to Linux, but I hope I can give you all the information you need.
I'll just post what I did, so this might be self explaining already
I'm trying to get rid of this error for a couple of days now but without luck...server:~# apt-get install cryptsetup hashalot
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
dmsetup
Suggested packages:
dosfstools
The following NEW packages will be installed
cryptsetup dmsetup hashalot
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 356kB of archives.
After this operation, 975kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get: 1 ht tp://ftp.uk.debian.org lenny/main dmsetup 2:1.02.27-4 [37.8kB]
Get: 2 ht tp://ftp.uk.debian.org lenny/main cryptsetup 2:1.0.6-7 [302kB]
Get: 3 ht tp://ftp.uk.debian.org lenny/main hashalot 0.3-5 [16.0kB]
Fetched 356kB in 0s (2992kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package dmsetup.
(Reading database ... 19460 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dmsetup (from .../dmsetup_2%3a1.02.27-4_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package cryptsetup.
Unpacking cryptsetup (from .../cryptsetup_2%3a1.0.6-7_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package hashalot.
Unpacking hashalot (from .../hashalot_0.3-5_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up dmsetup (2:1.02.27-4) ...
Setting up cryptsetup (2:1.0.6-7) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up hashalot (0.3-5) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
server:~#
server:~#
server:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/logcontainer bs=1M count=1000
1000+0 records in
1000+0 records out
1048576000 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 17.0031 s, 61.7 MB/s
server:~#
server:~#
server:~# losetup /dev/loop0 /logcontainer
server:~# cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/loop0
WARNING!
========
This will overwrite data on /dev/loop0 irrevocably.
Are you sure? (Type uppercase yes): YES
Enter LUKS passphrase:
Verify passphrase:
Command failed: Failed to setup dm-crypt key mapping.
Check kernel for support for the aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 cipher spec and verify that /dev/loop0 contains at least 133 sectors
server:~#
server:~#
server:~# modprobe aes
WARNING: Error inserting padlock_aes (/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/crypto/padlock-aes.ko): No such device
I even reinstalled the system, but it's always exactly the same.
Thanks a lot in advance!Last edited by FakeAccount; 12-03-2010 at 03:10 PM.
- 12-03-2010 #2Just Joined!
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had to do a "modprobe dm-mod" first, now it works



