dd if=/dev/zero of=./encrypted.vhdx bs=1M count=1024 sudo losetup /dev/loop0 ./encrypted.vhdx sudo cryptsetup -q luksFormat -y /dev/loop0 sudo cryptsetup open /dev/loop0 loop0 sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/loop0 sudo mkdir /encrypt sudo chmod 777 /encrypt sudo mount /dev/mapper/loop0 /encrypt