[root@fette]~ #cryptsetup -y --cipher aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 --key-size 128 luksFormat /dev/loop1 [/dev/pts/4 # 516 - 0 - 237 # 0 day 21:08:22 # 0.04 - 0.29 - 0.18] WARNING! ======== This will overwrite data on /dev/loop1 irrevocably. Are you sure? (Type uppercase yes): YES Enter LUKS passphrase: Verify passphrase: Failed to setup dm-crypt key mapping. Check kernel for support for the aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 cipher spec and verify that /dev/loop1 contains at least 133 sectors. Failed to write to key storage. Command failed. [root@fette]~ #lsmod |grep aes [/dev/pts/4 # 517 - 0 - 251 # 0 day 21:09:14 # 0.10 - 0.26 - 0.17] geode_aes 7176 0 aes_i586 33536 2 blkcipher 8324 2 geode_aes,cbc [root@fette]~ #rmmod geode_aes [/dev/pts/4 # 518 - 0 - 0 # 0 day 21:09:48 # 0.05 - 0.23 - 0.16] [root@fette]~ #cryptsetup -y --cipher aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 --key-size 128 luksFormat /dev/loop1 [/dev/pts/4 # 519 - 0 - 0 # 0 day 21:10:02 # 0.04 - 0.22 - 0.16] WARNING! ======== This will overwrite data on /dev/loop1 irrevocably. Are you sure? (Type uppercase yes): YES Enter LUKS passphrase: Verify passphrase: Command successful. [root@fette]~ #lsmod |grep aes [/dev/pts/4 # 520 - 0 - 0 # 0 day 21:10:12 # 0.11 - 0.23 - 0.16] aes_i586 33536 2 [root@fette]~ #