Re: Cryptoloop difference between Gentoo and SuSE Kernel

[Jari Ruusu <jariruusu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Hall wrote:
> I also compiled a custom Kernel without the loop device and compiled the
> loop-aes loop device that I downloaded from sourceforge. Both gave the
> same results of a sucessful execution of the losetup command but with an
> unreadable ext2 FS.
[snip]
> Any help or suggestions would be greatfully acepted.

If you are using losetup and mount from loop-AES package, you can specify
mainline util-linux compatible key setup like this:

  losetup -e AES256 -H unhashed2 -p 0 /dev/loop0 /dev/sdb1 </etc/backup/aes.key
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^

Or kerneli.org compatible key setup like this:

  losetup -e AES256 -H rmd160 -p 0 /dev/loop0 /dev/sdb1 </etc/backup/aes.key
                    ^^^^^^^^^

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