----- Original Message ----- From: "Elton Algera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 11:11 AM Subject: [gentoo-user] Crypto trouble...
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Hi, > > I have my homedir encrypted, with a cryptoloop device. It works great for > almost a year now. > I would like to test the 2.6 kernels without giving up the possibility to > boot 2.4. > > It seems however that the encryption algorithms in 2.4 and 2.6 are not > compatible. When I try to mount an encrypted device in 2.6 that is made in > 2.4, it doens't want to mount, it's giving the error > > mount: you must specify the filesystem type > > indicating that decyption doesn't work as expected. > > The other way around the same thing happens. > > Moreover, on 2.4 util-linux-2.11 is required, and in 2.6 util-linux-2.12 > is necessary to get the mount and losetup commands working without > messages that modules should be loaded into the kernel or that the cipher > doesn't exist. > > Now the question is, has anyone managed to get a dual-bootable(2.4/2.6) > setup working with encryption? The cryptoapi has indeed changed in 2.6 kernels and they are incompatible. So I don't think you have a chance to get it working > > Please send me some input on this... > > Thanks, > > Elton > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/5CBPlkLE/x/YPu4RAoHwAJ4yqalndWEi23xHrzdMfobDecL9ZgCgn81Q > DDM/fkgMwo3wVXvl8X/GDw0= > =HqEr > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
