mounting encrypted linux partition on windows
Damián Rodríguez Sánchez
damian.sanchez at itautec.com
Fri May 22 17:55:07 UTC 2009
That's an interesting idea. Maybe not just character coding, but also
keyboard setup: I have a brazilian portuguese keyboard that's working
fine under Windows and Linux graphic mode, but quite possibly being used
as a standard US keyboard outside X, which is where I enter my password
before starting Fedora. I'll have a look at that, since I use some non
alphanumerical characters in my password.
Damian.
Robin Laing escreveu:
> Damián Rodríguez Sánchez wrote:
>>
>> Robin Laing escreveu:
>>> Damián Rodríguez Sánchez wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I recently decided to encrypt the / Linux partition (ext3) on my
>>>> dual boot PC (Windows Vista - Fedora 10).
>>>>
>>>> I used to mount it with "Ext2 Installable File System for Windows"
>>>> (http://www.fs-driver.org) when using Windows, but now that the
>>>> partition is encrypted, its contents (obviously) appear unreadable
>>>> and I'm offered to format it.
>>>>
>>>> I was told that software like FreeOTFE and TrueCrypt should let me
>>>> mount the encrypted partition under Windows if I have the ext3 driver,
>>>> but it didn't work for me. Will I necessarily have to create a new
>>>> encrypted volume with one of those programs and then reinstall Fedora
>>>> (or Windows) in it instead of simply mounting the existing encrypted
>>>> partition?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have this bookmarked but I have not tried it as I do not have any
>>> windows computers to try it with. It was a "Just in case".
>>>
>>> Mounting LUKS / dm-crypt Partitions in Microsoft Windows
>>> http://blog.yibble.org/2009/01/29/mounting-luks-dm-crypt-partitions-in-microsoft-windows/
>>>
>>>
>>> Full procedure to use Ext2fsd and FreeOTFE.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> > Thank you, but that's exactly what I had done
> > and it kept saying my key was incorrect.
> >
> > I'll have a better look at my Luks configurations.
> >
>
> I wonder if your having an issue in character coding between Windows and
> Linux. Try setting a second key that is basic for testing and see if it
> works. You can delete it later.
>
> luksAddKey
> luksRemoveKey or luksKillSlot
>
>
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