On 10/09/2007 David Härdeman wrote: > >> I have the same problem; not on my swap partition, but on my home > >> partition (ext3). > >> > > Is it possible, as crypted partitions are random, that they sometimes look > > like valid partitions, and therefore /lib/cryptsetup/checks/un_vol_id > > reports erroneous result ? > > Yes > > > But why do random data look more like minix than any other filesystem ? > > Because Minix has a very short signature located in an unfortunate > location (one that changes frequently on disk). > > We will perhaps have to filter minix in un_vol_id since it seems more > likely that someone would have a misdetected fs rather than having a real > minix fs.
I just added some code to vol_id and un_vol_id which filters out minix filesystem detection as you suggested, David. David: Could you take a look at debian/NEWS? Maybe you find better words to describe the change. ... jonas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
