Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:47:39 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Alex Karpovic <alekar2009@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GELI problem... Oh, I mean disaster Message-ID: <20090123094739.GB3188@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <700ff07a0901220835u59a2a965l6da1503d4dcea3fe@mail.gmail.com> References: <700ff07a0901200855oaf6eaccpf2693bcf791269e6@mail.gmail.com> <20090120205843.GB3819@garage.freebsd.pl> <700ff07a0901220700p34d01347vbd1f03cde519bd6b@mail.gmail.com> <700ff07a0901220835u59a2a965l6da1503d4dcea3fe@mail.gmail.com>
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--NDin8bjvE/0mNLFQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 06:35:30PM +0200, Alex Karpovic wrote: > Subject line: "GELI problem" is denounced. > Most likely, it is Host Protected Area was activated suddenly, for unknown > reason, and there's nothing to blame on FreeBSD, nor GELI in particular. = It > should be something wrong with either my motherboard (GA-MA770-DS3) or HDD > (or static electricity, cosmic rays and so on). >=20 > The fate of data is now contained in question: whether it was written > something to those sectors or it was just SET MAX ADDRESS ATA command. >=20 > And the only question remains related to GELI is the one I asked in previ= ous > message: Is it possible to decipher non-destructed sectors, if last sect= or > recovery will be successful? I believe it should, but everyone is welcomed > to support my opinion :) Yes, it is. Sectors are chained together (using CBC) only within geli provider sector (-s option). --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --NDin8bjvE/0mNLFQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFJeZI6ForvXbEpPzQRAui1AJkBTiPwqEUTzqi2Ug3Mdlv/inwVTQCg8d9H gIL+ejlRDkihRwizGIwefJ8= =xgzc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NDin8bjvE/0mNLFQ--
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