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From: "Elton Algera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 11:11 AM
Subject: [gentoo-user] Crypto trouble...


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> 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
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