Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:02:20 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: "Frank J. Beckmann" <frank@barda.agala.net> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: geli encrypted memory disk? Message-ID: <4330328C.6070109@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200509201734.00353.frank@barda.agala.net> References: <200509201734.00353.frank@barda.agala.net>
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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? Probably the bs=2028 is messing things up? Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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