Hi, after catching a little sleep I made a stacktrace of the cryptsetup call in my initial mail. It is attached.
I think the Problem is in line 105 of the trace, since I do not have much knowledge about devicemapper internas I am not able to see what is going wrong exactly. regards, Johannes
execve("/sbin/cryptsetup", ["cryptsetup", "-c", "aes", "-s", "256", "-d", "/dev/stdin", "create", "root", "/dev/md0"], [/* 37 vars */]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="asso", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x80a1000 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7fb1000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7fb0000 open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=34425, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 34425, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7fa7000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libpopt.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\22\0"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=26444, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 29484, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f9f000 mmap2(0xb7fa6000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x6) = 0xb7fa6000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libdevmapper.so.1.02", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@)\0\000"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=66292, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 69304, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f8e000 mmap2(0xb7f9d000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xe) = 0xb7f9d000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libuuid.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0p\v\0\000"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=9128, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 12064, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f8b000 mmap2(0xb7f8d000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1) = 0xb7f8d000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\240O\1"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1241580, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 1247388, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e5a000 mmap2(0xb7f81000, 28672, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x127) = 0xb7f81000 mmap2(0xb7f88000, 10396, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f88000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libselinux.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0P8\0\000"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=79368, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 84884, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e45000 mmap2(0xb7e58000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x12) = 0xb7e58000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libsepol.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0200\0"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=219824, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e44000 mmap2(NULL, 265152, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e03000 mmap2(0xb7e39000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x35) = 0xb7e39000 mmap2(0xb7e3a000, 39872, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e3a000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20\f\0"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=9592, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 12404, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7dff000 mmap2(0xb7e01000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1) = 0xb7e01000 close(3) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7dfe000 mprotect(0xb7f81000, 20480, PROT_READ) = 0 set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7dfe6c0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0 munmap(0xb7fa7000, 34425) = 0 access("/etc/selinux/", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) brk(0) = 0x80a1000 brk(0x80c2000) = 0x80c2000 open("/proc/mounts", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7faf000 read(3, "rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0\n/dev/root"..., 1024) = 699 read(3, "", 1024) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0xb7faf000, 4096) = 0 open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1884048, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 1884048, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7c32000 close(3) = 0 mlockall(MCL_CURRENT|MCL_FUTURE) = 0 open("/proc/devices", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7faf000 read(3, "Character devices:\n 1 mem\n 2 p"..., 1024) = 452 close(3) = 0 munmap(0xb7faf000, 4096) = 0 open("/proc/misc", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7faf000 read(3, " 63 device-mapper\n166 i2octl\n200"..., 1024) = 71 close(3) = 0 munmap(0xb7faf000, 4096) = 0 stat64("/dev/mapper/control", {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0660, st_rdev=makedev(10, 63), ...}) = 0 open("/dev/mapper/control", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 open("/proc/devices", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7faf000 read(4, "Character devices:\n 1 mem\n 2 p"..., 1024) = 452 read(4, "", 1024) = 0 close(4) = 0 munmap(0xb7faf000, 4096) = 0 ioctl(3, DM_VERSION, 0x80a1ed0) = 0 ioctl(3, DM_TABLE_STATUS, 0x80a1ed0) = -1 ENXIO (No such device or address) open("/dev/md0", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4 ioctl(4, BLKROGET, 0xbfd09dd0) = 0 ioctl(4, BLKGETSIZE64, 0xbfd09dc8) = 0 close(4) = 0 open("/dev/stdin", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4 ioctl(4, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, 0xbfd09a38) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device) read(4, "\5", 1) = 1 read(4, "7", 1) = 1 read(4, "\272", 1) = 1 read(4, "5", 1) = 1 read(4, "\260", 1) = 1 read(4, "\5", 1) = 1 read(4, "\276", 1) = 1 read(4, "\323", 1) = 1 read(4, "\263", 1) = 1 read(4, "!", 1) = 1 read(4, "z", 1) = 1 read(4, "\302", 1) = 1 read(4, "\307", 1) = 1 read(4, "\305", 1) = 1 read(4, "\220", 1) = 1 read(4, ":", 1) = 1 read(4, "\260", 1) = 1 read(4, "\270", 1) = 1 read(4, "h", 1) = 1 read(4, "{", 1) = 1 read(4, "T", 1) = 1 read(4, "S", 1) = 1 read(4, "\264", 1) = 1 read(4, "\357", 1) = 1 read(4, "\354", 1) = 1 read(4, "\324", 1) = 1 read(4, "\177", 1) = 1 read(4, "\30", 1) = 1 read(4, "F", 1) = 1 read(4, "\342", 1) = 1 read(4, "\177", 1) = 1 read(4, "v", 1) = 1 close(4) = 0 ioctl(4, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, 0xbfd09a38) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor) ioctl(3, DM_DEV_CREATE, 0x80a2040) = 0 ioctl(3, DM_TABLE_LOAD, 0x80a2040) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 4 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2582, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7faf000 read(4, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2582 read(4, "", 4096) = 0 close(4) = 0 munmap(0xb7faf000, 4096) = 0 open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.ISO-8859-15/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.iso885915/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en.ISO-8859-15/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en.iso885915/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) ioctl(3, DM_DEV_REMOVE, 0x80a1fd0) = 0 ioctl(3, DM_DEV_REMOVE, 0x80a1f68) = -1 ENXIO (No such device or address) close(3) = 0 stat64("/dev/mapper/root", 0xbfd09cc0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) umask(0) = 022 mknod("/dev/mapper/root", S_IFBLK|0660, makedev(253, 2)) = 0 umask(022) = 0 chown32("/dev/mapper/root", 0, 6) = 0 open("/proc/filesystems", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 read(3, "nodev\tsysfs\nnodev\trootfs\nnodev\tb"..., 4095) = 289 close(3) = 0 stat64("/dev/mapper/root", {st_mode=S_IFBLK|0660, st_rdev=makedev(253, 2), ...}) = 0 unlink("/dev/mapper/root") = 0 open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.ISO-8859-15/LC_MESSAGES/cryptsetup-luks.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.iso885915/LC_MESSAGES/cryptsetup-luks.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/cryptsetup-luks.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en.ISO-8859-15/LC_MESSAGES/cryptsetup-luks.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en.iso885915/LC_MESSAGES/cryptsetup-luks.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/cryptsetup-luks.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) write(2, "Command failed", 14Command failed) = 14 write(2, ": device-mapper: reload ioctl fa"..., 55: device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument ) = 55 exit_group(-22) = ? Process 3042 detached