Well, I was right for once - BestCrypt *is* broken in 2.4.2, here is the
reply from Jetico, just in case anyone else is interested.  This solves
the issue of All my Pr0n is Belong to BestCrypt (j/k)

P.S. RUN BESTCRYPT! You someday may be happy you did...

Begin forwarded message:

Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 14:36:49 +0300
From: "Jetico, Inc." <support at jetico.com>
To: blayer at qwest.net
Subject: Re: Major problem with BestCrypt for Linux - Second request
PLEASE  HELP



Dear Bill,

Thank you for using our product. BestCrypt does not work on 2.4.2 due to
kernel bug. We have released new version of our software, which supports
now
2.2.x, 2.3.0-2.3.36 and 2.4.3+.
Please upgrade to BestCrypt v0.7-1 from www.jetico.com/linux

Sincerely yours,
Nail Kaipov

> Hi,
>
> I have recently upgraded two of my Linux machines to Kernel 2.4.2.
> Whenever I
> try to mount or format a container, the console hangs and the operation
> fails
> (it never proceeds, more like). I first re-installed the older version
> of
> BestCrypt, then I upgraded and installed the latest (0.6) version.
> Exact same issue exists with either version.
>
> I have read the FAQ, I have searched Google, I have asked on IRC and I
> cannot
> find anyone running BestCrypt 0.6 on kernel 2.4.2 to confirm or deny
> this
> apparent breakage. I have several other 3rd party modules loaded,
> including
> the vmware modules and the NVDriver (Nvidia TNT2 video) driver module.
> Everything else on this system works fine as before, this is the only
> issue
> so far with this kernel upgrade.
>
> Is there a known issue? What might possibly be going wrong here? Please
> help,
> thanks in advance.
>
> PS - when working correctly, this is a fantastic piece of software.
>
> --
>
>
>                            -.bill.layer.-
>
> -.those who are talking don't know, and those who know aren't talking.-
>
>            -.frogtown.-     -.minnesota.-      -.u.s.a.-
>
>



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