mounting encrypted linux partition on windows

[Damián Rodrí­guez Sánchez]

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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