Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 16:22:41 +0300 From: Mike Barnard <mike.barnardq@gmail.com> To: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: GELI Swap password on boot Message-ID: <CADhH34o-WXf59i535adr-wip7QvQhQvUcW2TFPA3ZF%2Bj0JVRMA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20121108122515.089a7fe8@fabiankeil.de> References: <CADhH34ofeV4N-3vmJAiNvi1%2B_A_3mMgd1eXjCSR6dUeXanQktw@mail.gmail.com> <CAHu1Y73mZN6KPVDYKhAZaK0a5dE=DVdtQsRM-CuyzoGkA0p0wg@mail.gmail.com> <CADhH34onF_C7vtFxubrVDzp=uK3izf2Y-9WiFoe7GrpB-jrtuw@mail.gmail.com> <20121108122515.089a7fe8@fabiankeil.de>
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Thanks Fabian, > Maybe the device contains old geli meta data with the > boot flag set, or garbage that looks like geli meta data. > > Try to "geli clear" the device and if it fails "geli init" + "geli clear". > > I tried this as well, but still got no joy. I re-did the installation and it works fine now. Just for the purpose of explaining, when I did this gpart add -a 4k -s 4G -t freebsd-swap -l SWAP ada0 it created swap as ada0p3, ada0p1 having been labeled as boot-loader , ada0p2 having been labeled as boot and ada0p4 as root. this failed on all attempts. But when I changed the ordering, creating the boot loader partition first, then swap next (ada0p2) then the boot partition after, ada0p3, all works well. I have no idea why that would be a problem though. -- Mike Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one in a million chances happen 99% of the time. ------------------------------------------------------------
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