up vote 1 down vote favorite
share [g+] share [fb]

I had an external volume mounted using losetup for about two years. It was created using Ubuntu 9.4 and I used the same Ubuntu installation throughout all dist upgrades. Now as I bought a new laptop I set up a fresh Ubuntu 11.4 installation on it.

Problem is: losetup -e twofish /dev/loop0 /dev/sdb2 does not decrypt the volume anymore. The data in /dev/loop0 contains apparently random data. I am sure I entered the correct password.

I modprobe'd cryptoloop and twofish.

My question is: Has Canonical done some obscure changes to losetup like adding a salt? Does losetup depend on configuration files I did not know about? How can I decrypt the volume on my now laptop?

Best Regards, Kay

link|improve this question
feedback

1 Answer

up vote 1 down vote accepted

Turned out I forgot to install loop-aes-utils.

link|improve this answer
Could you accept your own answer so that others know that this question is taken care of? Thanks – MaxMackie Apr 17 '11 at 22:07
My apologies, exam stress :) – MaxMackie Apr 18 '11 at 0:37
feedback

Your Answer

 
or
required, but never shown
discard

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.