Hi
Yesterday i bought a 750GB HDD.
I encrypt nearly everything with loop-aes, so i also did it with this
HDD.
I create a "fake" partition table and:
losetup -e aes256 -p 0 -o 4096 /dev/loop6 /dev/sdb < key
This creates a loop with everything except the first 4KB, i.e. it leaves
out the MBR and another 3,5KB.
/proc/partions shows the correct(tm) size informations for the HDD and
the loop:
- snip -
7 6 732574580 loop6
8 16 732574584 sdb
8 17 732572001 sdb1
- snip -
But when i mkfs.xfs the loop
#> mkfs.xfs /dev/loop6
meta-data=/dev/loop6 isize=256 agcount=3, agsize=45785911 blks
= sectsz=512 attr=2
data = bsize=4096 blocks=137357733, imaxpct=25
= sunit=0 swidth=0 blks
naming =version 2 bsize=4096
log =internal log bsize=4096 blocks=32768, version=2
= sectsz=512 sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=0
realtime =none extsz=4096 blocks=0, rtextents=0
And mount it:
mount /dev/loop6 /mnt
And least but not least df it:
#> df -m /mnt
Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/loop6 536426 5 536422 1% /mnt
There is roughly 1/3 missing.
What can i do to fix this?
#> mkfs.xfs -V
mkfs.xfs version 2.9.5
(Package is from: Debian SID/unstable)
Kernel is 2.6.24 (vanilla, plus of course the external module: loop-aes)
Btw. I have 50 other HDDs in more or less exactly the same setup, (49
HDDs >= 200 GB and <= 500GB and one 1TB, of couse created with my system
at an older stage from Feb 2007 onwoard, the 750GB is the first with
kernel 2.6.24.) Up to now i can't remember ever "missing" space.
Bis denn
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