> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Todd And Margo Chester
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> On 07/30/2012 06:26 PM, Tam Nguyen wrote:
>
> Todd,
> let's keep it simple, get it right and work, then you can
> take off from
> there. So do this:
> vi /etc/fstab:
> /dev/mapper/lin-bak /mnt ext4 defaults 0 0
>
>
> Hi Tam,
>
> I have tried this. With and without the first
> parameter set to allow dump, which I do need.
>
>
> vi /etc/crypttab:
> lin-bak /dev/sdb1
>
>
> I have tried this. At boot I get "mount: special device
> /dev/mapper/lin-bak does not exist"
>
>
> mount -a
>
>
> without /dev/mapper/lin-bak, it won't mount.
>
> reboot
>
>
> /dev/mapper/lin-bak disappears
>
>
> Then we'll go from there.
> -Tam
>
>
> You know what I have not tried, removing the
> dash from lin-bak in crypttab
>
>
> Makes no difference.
>
>
> -T
>
>
> I am mounting now by using rc.local:
>
> # if I can not get /etc/crypttab to work, this will populate
> # /dev/mapper with lin-bak and mount /lin-bak
> if [ ! -L /dev/mapper/lin-bak ]; then
>
> cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdb1 lin-bak < /etc/crypttab.lin-bak.key
> if [ -L /dev/mapper/lin-bak ] && [ -n $(mount -l | grep -i
> lin-bak) ]; then
> mount /lin-bak
> fi
> fi
>
>
> I suppose I don't need the
> [ -n $(mount -l | grep -i lin-bak) ]
> But, I was pleased with my coding, so I left it in.
>
> -T
>
>
On 07/30/2012 08:04 PM, Tam Nguyen wrote:> Todd,
> I am glad it works for you. I get my working on the VM without touching
> the rc.local file. You should research on it.
>
> Good luck
Hi Tam,
Thank you for the copious amounts of time and your
knowledge you shared with me helping me!
Red Hat is going to get a few bug reports out of this
in the next few days!
-T
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