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Subject: Re: loopback device + crypto = crash on 2.6.0-test7 ?
From: Soeren Sonnenburg <kernel@nn7.de>
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On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 14:10, Florian Weimer wrote:
> Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
> 
> > losetup -e blowfish /dev/loop0 /file
> > Password:
> > mkfs -t ext3 /dev/loop0
> > mount /dev/loop0 /mnt
> > <error unknown fs type>
> > <from here something was seriously broken... could not reboot anymore>
> 
> I'm seeing something similar, but in my case, mke2fs already crashes.

Yes... it crashes somewhen after writing to the loop device... sometimes
mkfs is enough, sometimes one has to write a bit more...

> > system is:
> > Linux no 2.6.0-test7 #8 Sun Oct 26 17:00:49 CET 2003 ppc GNU/Linux
> 
> Mine ist -test9 on x86.
> 
> Have you found a solution in the meantime?

not me.

Soeren.