You are very welcome, Todd. Please share with us your finding. I would love to learn the mystery behind your issue.
-Tam On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Todd And Margo Chester < [email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Todd And Margo Chester >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]**>> wrote: >> >> On 07/30/2012 06:26 PM, Tam Nguyen wrote: >> >> Todd, >> let's keep it simple, get it right and work, then you can >> take off from >> there. So do this: >> vi /etc/fstab: >> /dev/mapper/lin-bak /mnt ext4 defaults 0 0 >> >> >> Hi Tam, >> >> I have tried this. With and without the first >> parameter set to allow dump, which I do need. >> >> >> vi /etc/crypttab: >> lin-bak /dev/sdb1 >> >> >> I have tried this. At boot I get "mount: special device >> /dev/mapper/lin-bak does not exist" >> >> >> mount -a >> >> >> without /dev/mapper/lin-bak, it won't mount. >> >> reboot >> >> >> /dev/mapper/lin-bak disappears >> >> >> Then we'll go from there. >> -Tam >> >> >> You know what I have not tried, removing the >> dash from lin-bak in crypttab >> >> >> Makes no difference. >> >> >> -T >> >> >> I am mounting now by using rc.local: >> >> # if I can not get /etc/crypttab to work, this will populate >> # /dev/mapper with lin-bak and mount /lin-bak >> if [ ! -L /dev/mapper/lin-bak ]; then >> >> cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdb1 lin-bak < /etc/crypttab.lin-bak.key >> if [ -L /dev/mapper/lin-bak ] && [ -n $(mount -l | grep -i >> lin-bak) ]; then >> mount /lin-bak >> fi >> fi >> >> >> I suppose I don't need the >> [ -n $(mount -l | grep -i lin-bak) ] >> But, I was pleased with my coding, so I left it in. >> >> -T >> >> >> > > On 07/30/2012 08:04 PM, Tam Nguyen wrote:> Todd, > > > I am glad it works for you. I get my working on the VM without touching > > the rc.local file. You should research on it. > > > > Good luck > > Hi Tam, > > Thank you for the copious amounts of time and your > knowledge you shared with me helping me! > > Red Hat is going to get a few bug reports out of this > in the next few days! > > -T >
