Re: tlug: enscription thru loop device.

[Kei Furuuchi <kfur@example.com>]

Frank Bennett writes:
 > Kei Furuuchi <kfur@example.com> writes:
 > 
 > >  >   dd bs=1024 count=1000 if=/dev/zero of=cdr.img
 > > 
 > > So the sequence should be:
 > >
 > > $ mkisofs -afvr -o cdr.img <directory>
 > > $ losetup -e des /dev/loop0 cdr.img
 > > $ dd if=cdr.img of=/dev/loop0
 > 
 > Almost, but not quite.  Think of "dd" as doing what "fdisk" would
 > do to a hard disk: it creates the empty space that can then be
 > set up with your directory structure.  So this is the first
 > command that you need to issue, not the last.  Use something more
 > like:
 > 
 >   $ dd if=cdr.img of=/dev/loop0
 >   $ mkisofs -afvr -o cdr.img <directory>
 >   $ losetup -e des /dev/loop0 cdr.img
 > 
 > I don't know anything about mkisofs or losetup and their options,
 > so you're on your own there.  But "dd" definitely _must_ be the
 > first thing that you invoke in that sequence.
 > 
 > Good luck!

I am sorry I don't quite follow.
That is because I made up the word that I actually mean "encrypt".
If I wasted your time and Karl-Max', I am really sorry.

Regards,
Kei.

 > 
 > Cheers,
 > -- 
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