From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 19 May 2001 17:01:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 19 May 2001 17:00:50 -0400 Received: from pop.gmx.net ([194.221.183.20]:39415 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 19 May 2001 17:00:39 -0400 Message-ID: <01df01c0e0a6$bfb9ed40$0100005a@host1> From: "spam goes to /dev/null" To: Subject: serpent loopback crypto "EXT2-fs: group descriptors corrupted" Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 23:00:26 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org hi, i created a 10mb file called .enc2 with random data and ran "# losetup -e serpent -k 128 /dev/loop0 /mnt/hda7/.enc2" then i ran "# mke2fs /dev/loop0" and tried to "# mount /dev/loop0 /enc". but i get the following error messages when trying to mount: May 19 21:32:10 HOST2 kernel: EXT2-fs error (device loop(7,0)): ext2_check_descriptors: Block bitmap for group 16 not in group (block 0)! May 19 21:32:10 HOST2 kernel: EXT2-fs: group descriptors corrupted ! im using kernel 2.4.4 patched with crypto patch 2.4.3.1 [and util linux 2.11a patched with the patch from that crypto patch] i also got the same errors with a 2gb file and by creating the loop device directly on my 19.5gb /dev/hda7 i tried a few times again and sometimes the encrypted loopback fs works perfectly, sometimes the error occurs!? anyone got an idea what this is!? i will supply more information on request thx for your help - peter k. ps: dont kill me if im doing something wrong, this is the first time im mailing to this list ;)