[3w`Sparky]
June 11th, 2009, 08:23 PM
Hi All,
I am looking to try and mount an encrypted squashfs and boot the O/S image inside it , I have got the file encrypted using luks the file is decryptable using a live O/S and running the cryptsetup luksOpen `losetup -s -f /cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs` decrypt
However when i boot the pc with the tweaked initrd.gz config it complains stating the following:
losetup: could not find any loop device. Maybe this kernel does not know about the loop device? (if so, recomplie or `modprobe loop`.)
if i do a modprobe loop from the initramfs it seems to take it but not fix anything.
so the question is , how do i get the kernel to be aware of this ?
not done kernel compiling before so if you know your have to talk VERY LOUDLY AND SLOWLY
thanks
Terry
I am looking to try and mount an encrypted squashfs and boot the O/S image inside it , I have got the file encrypted using luks the file is decryptable using a live O/S and running the cryptsetup luksOpen `losetup -s -f /cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs` decrypt
However when i boot the pc with the tweaked initrd.gz config it complains stating the following:
losetup: could not find any loop device. Maybe this kernel does not know about the loop device? (if so, recomplie or `modprobe loop`.)
if i do a modprobe loop from the initramfs it seems to take it but not fix anything.
so the question is , how do i get the kernel to be aware of this ?
not done kernel compiling before so if you know your have to talk VERY LOUDLY AND SLOWLY
thanks
Terry