From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.saout.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.saout.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id lAMlLrx1nENw for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:50:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from holgerdanske.com (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b]) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with SMTP for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:50:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from ::ffff:184.23.143.12 ([184.23.143.12]) by holgerdanske.com for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:42:33 -0700 Message-ID: <526ECC37.2050507@holgerdanske.com> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:42:31 -0700 From: David Christensen MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <526E14C2.8060901@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] cryptsetup creates 1.8 Gb when it should be 1Tb List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de On 10/28/13 12:28, metageek wrote: > ... for some reason that I cannot figure out, there > was a regular file /dev/sdb1. After removing it (with the drive > disconnected), everything works. Sneaky. Likely, a finger-fumble (?). I find those laying around in strangest places. It can be fun to look inside with hexdump. :-) David