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Date:      Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:41:42 +0200
From:      Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Frank J. Beckmann" <frank@barda.agala.net>
Cc:        freebsd-geom@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: geli encrypted memory disk?
Message-ID:  <20050921213630.GA1167@garage.freebsd.pl>
In-Reply-To: <200509201734.00353.frank@barda.agala.net>
References:  <200509201734.00353.frank@barda.agala.net>

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On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 05:33:57PM +0200, Frank J. Beckmann wrote:
+> Hi,
+>=20
+> after upgrading to FreeBSD 6.0-BETA4 from the 17th I wanted to play a bi=
t with=20
+> geli. First try was an encryptet memory disk.
+>=20
+> dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/var/sdisk bs=3D2028 count=3D220
+> mdconfig -a -t vnode -S 2048 -f /var/sdisk -u 3
+> geli init -a AES -s 2048 /dev/md3
+>=20
+> Geli asks me the new password twice and then exits with the following er=
ror:
+>=20
+> Cannot store metadata on /dev/md3: Invalid argument.
+>=20
+> What am I doing wrong?

You used 2028 block size with dd(1), you probably wanted to use 2048.

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheel.pl
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