> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Todd And Margo Chester > <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I can set up "/dev/mapper/lin-bak" with > > # cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdb1 lin-bak > > but it disappears after I reboot. This messes up my > crypttab/fstab. Any idea what I am doing wrong? > > Many thanks, > -T On 07/29/2012 06:15 PM, Tam Nguyen wrote:> Hi Todd, > Did you create a file journal (mkfs...) after you executed the command?: > > # cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdb1 lin-bak > > > Basic steps are: > 1) cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/xyz > 2) cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/xyz abc <---then verify it in /dev/mapper > 3) mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/abc <--- i like to use ext4. Do research > on this journal if you're not clear. > Now that we got it settled. Come the fun part- automounting: > 4) configure your /etc/fstab > 5) then configure your /etc/crypttab > Before you reboot your machine, do a tested mount: > >mount -a > > -Tam > Yes, did all that. I can mount too. But, when I reboot, lin-bak disappears from /var/mapper. AAAHHHH! -T