Jelle Foks wrote:
>
<snip>
> > I need to encrypt a 100 gig drive and all the implementations seem to use
> > loopback, which seems to loop a bit too well on the 2 gig mark...
>
You need not use files as underlying for loop devices. /dev/hdax
(probably /dev/mdx in your case) will do. I'm not sure if this fixes the
2GB problem though. Just try.
If it fails, try ppdd. It does not use loopback.
> Hmm, maybe it's a bit crazy, but why not use 50 separate pieces of 2GB
> encrypted loop devices, and paste them together using RAID? (can linux
> handle 50 loop devices simultaneously?).
>
<snip>
Maybe, but not raid-(underlying)-devices.
Marc
-- Marc Mutz <Marc@Mutz.com> http://marc.mutz.com/Encryption-HOWTO/ University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of PhysicsPGP-keyID's: 0xd46ce9ab (RSA), 0x7ae55b9e (DSS/DH)
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