Hmm, xfs does work on loopback normally.
Steve
> Krzysztof Rusocki wrote:
> >
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > you may also take a look at Loopback-Encrypted-Filesystem-HOWTO on www.linu
> xdoc.org ,
> > you'll need to patch your kernel with encryption patch (available on
> > ftp.kernel.org afaik).. However i do not know how is it going to interact
> > with XFS - opinion of someone who did try to patch XFS tree with crypto
> > patch would really be needed here...
>
> i did some testing with xfs kernel and crypto patch from
> http://www.kerneli.org . i guess thats the one you are talking about.
> but i was not able to make a xfs filesystem on the loopback, since the
> encrypted filesystems are mounted on loopback device. it worked fine
> with ext2, but some errors on making the xfs. when i remember right i
> was able to mount the loopback, but could not write on it. i also can't
> remember the errors (been quite a while).
>
> if someone is interested a could do some more testing. right now i am
> using ext2 on my encrypted filesystems.
>
> greetings
> thomas
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