On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 02:36:22PM +0100, Luca Ferrari wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to install 7.0 in a virtual box machine using full disk > encryption, following > <https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#softraid>. I've done it on > real hardware without a problem, but I'm not understanding the error > in the virtual box machine. In particular, I cannot copy random data > on the disk before doing the effective encryption. > This is what I do, after entering the shell at the very first prompt: > > > # sysctl hw.disknames > hw.disknames=wd0:,cd0:,rd0:7c72fe60b4e2338d > > # ls /dev/rsd*c > /dev/rsd0c > > Uhm, why is sd0 there and does not appear in the hw.disknames? > However, I tried to configure the sd1 device: > > # cd /dev > # sh MAKEDEV sd1
Hi, You probably need to "sh MAKEDEV sd0" here, the disk is hw.disknames above is wd0. > # dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/rsd1c bs=1m > dd: /dev/rsd1c: device not configured > > # ls /dev/rsd1c > /dev/rsd1c > > What am I missing here? > > Thnaks, > Luca > -- Kind regards, Hiltjo
