Re: International Crypto Patch / Loopback Encryption to Raw Partition

From: Frank v Waveren (fvw@var.cx)
Date: Sun Jan 16 2000 - 02:35:51 EST


On Sat, Jan 15, 2000 at 11:59:03AM -0500, Scott V McGuire wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Are there any limits to the size of a partition which can be used for
> the real storage of a loopback encrypted filesystem? I've already run
> into the 2GB file size limit, but I believe that that is a filesystem
> issue right?

Nope, fs code issue. 2GB+ works fine on 64bit architectures.

> Also, any ideas on conveniently backing up the raw partition?

Got a cd writer? How about just chopping it up in 650 mb blocks using dd?

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Frank v Waveren fvw@var.cx ICQ# 10074100

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