When I try to encrypt an USB 8tb drive (Seagate Expansion Drive) with Veracrypt to create a Hidden Veracrypt volume, I receive this error:
Error: The hidden volume to be created is larger than 2 TB (2048 GB).
Possible solutions:
- Create a container/partition smaller than 2 TB.
- Use a drive with 4096-byte sectors to be able to create partition/device-hosted hidden volumes up to 16 TB in size.
I'm new to Veracrypt and Linux. If I understood it correctly, to have an 8tb hidden partition I need to format the drive so that it'll have "4096-byte sectors". I'm not finding this option in GParted.
Hence, my question is: How can I in Linux Mint format the drive to have 4096-byte sectors, in order for me to install a Hidden Veracrypt partition?
Steps taken to reproduce the problem:
- Launch Veracrypt and choose "Create a volume within a partition/drive"
- In "Volume Type" choose "Hidden Veracrypt Volume"
- When in "Outer Volume Format", click format. Thus the error message I quoted will be displayed
I'm using the latest version of Veracrypt and Linux Mint
