I am trying to mount a file as encrypted filesystem on openSuSE 10.3 following indications from: http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Using_the_Crypto_File_System#Use_a_file_as_encryp... I am able to execute the first two steps with no problem: 1. dd if=/dev/urandom of=loop_fs bs=1024 count=20000 2. sudo /sbin/losetup -e 3des /dev/loop0 loop_fs but at the third step I get an error and I am not able to figure out what it is: 3. sudo /sbin/mke2fs /dev/loop0 mke2fs 1.40.2 (12-Jul-2007) mke2fs: Device size reported to be zero. Invalid partition specified, or partition table wasn't reread after running fdisk, due to a modified partition being busy and in use. You may need to reboot to re-read your partition table. Can anyone tell me please how to solve this issue? -- Bogdan Cristea -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org