It would be helpful if you could provide some more information, specifically:
a) dmesg (up to the moment when this happens) b) kldstat c) dmsetup ls Cheers, Alex On 03/06/11 22:18, Pierre Abbat wrote: > # cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/da8s0e > WARNING!!! Possibly insecure memory, missing mlockall() > > WARNING! > ======== > This will overwrite data on /dev/da8s0e irrevocably. > > Are you sure? (Type uppercase yes): YES > Enter LUKS passphrase: > Verify passphrase: > Failed to access temporary keystore device. > > When I dump it, there are no keyslots in use. What's wrong? This is the > external drive on the USB cable; I have created a Hammer filesystem on > another partition. > > Pierre
