Re: [dm-crypt] btrfs and "requested offset is beyond real size of device"

[Jay Sullivan <jaythomassullivan@gmail.com>]

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So,

I must have been doing some step in the wrong order before, because, after
cleaning up my notes for others to read, it now seems to work fine.  I'm
still sort of confused why I was running into that error consistently, but
clearly I'm doing something differently this time.  Attached steps for
creating full disk encryption with btrfs with Ubuntu 14.10, which worked
successfully for me.

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I'm using Ubuntu Desktop 14.10 LiveCD, with only one hard drive in my
computer: a 32GB flash drive.  (Note: I tried this on a 500GB hard drive as
well, same results.)  I'm doing all of this offline (as in not connected to
Internet.)

I use GParted to partition the flash drive as follows (GPT):

    /dev/sda1     1MiB      bios_grub     ( < I make sure to set the
bios_grub flag here )
    /dev/sda2   256MiB    btrfs         ( /boot )
    /dev/sda3   6.84GiB   crypt-luks    ( encrypted swap )
    /dev/sda4   22.82GiB  crypt-luks    ( encrypted / )

I then format/open the LUKS partitons:

    cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda3
    cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda4
    cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda3 neoswap
    cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda4 neoroot

I then format all my boot, swap, and root partitions:

    mkfs.btrfs -f -L neoboot /dev/sda2
    mkswap -L neoswap /dev/mapper/neoswap
    mkfs.btrfs -f -L neoroot /dev/mapper/neoroot

I then run the graphical "Install Ubuntu 14.10" installer from the
desktop.  When it asks how I want to install, I choose "Something else",
and tell it to use the following partitioning scheme, instructing it NOT to
format any partitions (since we already did):

    /dev/sda2                btrfs    /boot
    /dev/mapper/neoswap      swap
    /dev/mapper/neoroot      btrfs    /

(Note: It will insist on formatting the swap partiton, that's fine.  It
will insist on installing a bootloader to /dev/sda, that's fine, although
we will override this step in a second.)  I continue with the installation,
waiting until the installation is finished.

At this point, it's possible for me to list all of the partition GUIDs,
which I'll need for crypttab and fstab:

    /dev/sda1     1MiB      bios_grub
    /dev/sda2   256MiB    btrfs         ( /boot )
UUID=23fa61d2-0b74-465a-be83-e026ebb373bc
    /dev/sda3   6.84GiB   crypt-luks
UUID=5d60aeca-6e5d-4a0c-9d28-b31c79213589
        /dev/mapper/neoswap             ( swap  )
UUID=ee13478f-b310-4c3c-b14a-579dea9ee25c
    /dev/sda4   22.82GiB  crypt-luks
UUID=badb304c-38de-4d04-9456-e9759c3150ab
        /dev/mapper/neoroot             ( /     )
UUID=aa67f7ba-08cc-4760-aa30-fa5bc10b88cc

Once installation is done, and before I restart, I open a root shell and
chroot into the newly-installed setup:

    # mount /dev/mapper/neoroot /mnt -o subvol=@
    # mount /dev/mapper/neoroot /mnt/home -o subvol=@home
    # mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot
    # mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
    # mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
    # mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
    # mount --bind /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
    # chroot /mnt

Now that I'm in, I update /etc/crypttab as follows:

    neoswap UUID=5d60aeca-6e5d-4a0c-9d28-b31c79213589 none luks
    neoroot UUID=badb304c-38de-4d04-9456-e9759c3150ab none luks

I then update /etc/fstab:

    UUID=23fa61d2-0b74-465a-be83-e026ebb373bc /boot           btrfs
defaults,noatime              0       2
    UUID=ee13478f-b310-4c3c-b14a-579dea9ee25c none            swap
sw                            0       0
    UUID=aa67f7ba-08cc-4760-aa30-fa5bc10b88cc /               btrfs
defaults,noatime,subvol=@     0       1
    UUID=aa67f7ba-08cc-4760-aa30-fa5bc10b88cc /home           btrfs
defaults,noatime,subvol=@home 0       2

Almost done.  Still chroot'ed, I run:

    update-initramfs -k all -c
    update-grub
    grub-install /dev/sda

I restart my computer, boot into GRUB, and boot with the following:

    insmod gzio
    insmod part_gpt
    insmod btrfs
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
23fa61d2-0b74-465a-be83-e026ebb373bc
    linux /vmlinuz-3.16.0-23-generic
root=UUID=aa67f7ba-08cc-4760-aa30-fa5bc10b88cc rootflags=noatime,subvol=@
    initrd /initrd.img-3.16.0-23-generic

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I just did this and it booted successfully 15 times in a row.

Thanks,
Jay

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