On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 10:11, Elton Algera wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Hi, > > I have my homedir encrypted, with a cryptoloop device. It works great for > almost a year now. > I would like to test the 2.6 kernels without giving up the possibility to > boot 2.4. > > It seems however that the encryption algorithms in 2.4 and 2.6 are not > compatible. When I try to mount an encrypted device in 2.6 that is made in > 2.4, it doens't want to mount, it's giving the error > > mount: you must specify the filesystem type > > indicating that decyption doesn't work as expected. > > The other way around the same thing happens. > > Moreover, on 2.4 util-linux-2.11 is required, and in 2.6 util-linux-2.12 > is necessary to get the mount and losetup commands working without > messages that modules should be loaded into the kernel or that the cipher > doesn't exist. > > Now the question is, has anyone managed to get a dual-bootable(2.4/2.6) > setup working with encryption? > > Please send me some input on this... > > Thanks, > > Elton > >
After a quick search on the forums I've found a link that might be useful for you, although it will require you to do some manual patching of the kernel... http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=108162 -- Tom Wesley
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