Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:41:42 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: "Frank J. Beckmann" <frank@barda.agala.net> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: geli encrypted memory disk? Message-ID: <20050921213630.GA1167@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <200509201734.00353.frank@barda.agala.net> References: <200509201734.00353.frank@barda.agala.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 05:33:57PM +0200, Frank J. Beckmann wrote: +> Hi, +> +> after upgrading to FreeBSD 6.0-BETA4 from the 17th I wanted to play a bit with +> geli. First try was an encryptet memory disk. +> +> dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/sdisk bs=2028 count=220 +> mdconfig -a -t vnode -S 2048 -f /var/sdisk -u 3 +> geli init -a AES -s 2048 /dev/md3 +> +> Geli asks me the new password twice and then exits with the following error: +> +> Cannot store metadata on /dev/md3: Invalid argument. +> +> What am I doing wrong? You used 2028 block size with dd(1), you probably wanted to use 2048. -- Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDMdOWForvXbEpPzQRAuCFAJ9co5beaoVn7NQPQ1zKsrasZ5Q3mgCglD+0 ZkMrEEurQ+E+ssSdXS82YRU= =++bc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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