Re: LUKS Header crruption

Arno Wagner <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel.device-mapper.dm-crypt
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On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 09:25:15 CEST, Uwe Menges wrote:
> On 7/28/19 11:00 PM, Arno Wagner wrote:
> > One of the reasons why I think RAID superblocks at the start of the
> > device (and even more so at 4kB offset) are messed up and a sign
> > of clueless designers.
> 
> Depending on the md metadata version, it's either at the start, at the
> end, or 4k from start - each with its own drawbacks. The metadata needs
> to reside somewhere, quite the same as with LUKS, or filesystem
> metadata. If you have a hint on how to get around that, please tell.. :)

Maybe read what I wrote, because you seem to not have done so? 
And yes, I am aware of the different problems. 

Regards,
Arno

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