truecrypt question

[Bart Silverstrim]

Henk Postma wrote:
> Dear Bart,
> 
> 
> On 10/7/07, Bart Silverstrim <bsilver at chrononomicon.com> wrote:
> 
>> I mounted it with
>> sudo truecrypt ./file.tc
>>
>> Then I checked it.
>> sudo truecrypt -vl
>>
>> Which told me the file was mounted as /dev/mapper/truecrypt0
>>
>> I then ran:
>> sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/mapper/truecrypt0
> 
> I just created a truecrypt volume on an external harddrive using this
> example from the man page:
> 
> truecrypt -N 1 /dev/hdc1 && mkfs.ext3 /dev/mapper/truecrypt1
> 
> When I tried to run both commands separately, it did not work, 

When you say it didn't work, do you mean it failed, or the machine 
locked up?

>but if
> you link them together using the && operation as above, it works fine.
> Perhaps that's what is wrong? Also, I don't think it should be
> 'mounted' when you want to make a new filesystem. It should only be
> mapped.

Odd.  I was following an example called "TrueCrypt on Linux HOWTO with 
XFS and ext2/ext3 volumes" dated March 3rd, 2007...Google should give 
more info, as I don't have the URL on the printout.  I'm not saying 
you're wrong, just pointing out where I got the steps from.

*sigh*

At times I wish I could get some of the features from the Mac and great 
features of Linux to mix together.  It's simple to create encrypted .dmg 
files and mount them as filesystems.  That's the effect I'm looking to 
replicate on Linux, but it seems to keep backfiring on me!  ARGH!