This was modified for the instructions given for 4.2 from the (German) blog at http://fedorawiki.de/index.php/Truecrypt

Set up yum


# yum install yum-utils
# yum install rpm-build redhat-rpm-config unifdef


Install Kernel Sources

This install the sources from the rpm downloaded into the current directory. The rpm can be discarded afterwards.

# yumdownloader --source kernel --enablerepo core-source --enablerepo updates-source
# mkdir /usr/src/redhat # due to packaging problem, I guess
# rpm -ivh kernel-$(uname -r).src.rpm



# cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
# rpmbuild -bp --target $(uname -m) kernel-2.6.spec


Copy dm.h into the right place


# cp /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.19/linux-2.6.19.$(uname -p)/drivers/md/dm.h /usr/src/kernels/$(uname -r)-$(uname -m)/drivers/md/


Get and unpack truecrypt sources

Get truecrypt source.

# tar -xfz truecrypt-4.3-source-code.tar.gz -C /tmp

Now, the kernel version is taken care of automatically – no need for a patch file.

Build truecrypt for real

(this is now painless)

# cd Linux
# ./build.sh


Install truecrypt module


# su - # to get /sbin/modprobe into path
# ./install.sh

(just accept the defaults – but consider allowing regular users to use truecrypt)

Load truecrypt module


# /sbin/modprobe truecrypt
# /sbin/lsmod |grep truecrypt
truecrypt 163588 0
dm_mod 63449 3 truecrypt,dm_mirror,dm_multipath


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