>> I think that the fact that cryptsetup doesn't allow to create
>> cryptdevice if filesystem exists is a bug. At least it would be nice
>> to have an option to bypass this situation.

MB> FYI: this is bug in cryptdisks_start Debian wrapper, not in cryptsetup.
MB> plain cryptsetup allows mapping of any device, no fs check there.
MB> (and in LUKS mode it wipes FS signature during luksFormat)

MB> Milan

I wrote (may be is not clear) that I searched an option to bypass. I
looked through man cryptsetup and cryptdisk_start and did not find
any solution.
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