On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 10:13 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 08:42 -0700, Kiawud wrote: > > Excerpt for file based crypto: > > ============================================ > > 7. Using a file instead of a partition > > > > You can then create the encrypted file system within this file, > > similar to the way it is done above: > > > > losetup -e aes-256 /dev/loop0 /mystuff.aes > > I'm having some problem. This doesn't work for some reason. > > sudo losetup -e aes-256 /dev/loop0 /tmp/crypto > Password: > ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument > > I've typed in up to 25 char for the password >
Finally found out I didn't modprobe cryptloop Works Now. Now, can anyone tell me if this will slow down disk access and by how much? (I'm doing it on a file so, I can't do a hdparm on the file.. or can I?) -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 11:09:17 up 1 day, 15:22, 5 users, load average: 0.96, 1.52, 1.76 -- [email protected] mailing list
