From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 09:47:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 467DD106564A for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:47:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pjd@garage.freebsd.pl) Received: from mail.garage.freebsd.pl (chello087206045082.chello.pl [87.206.45.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FEA88FC12 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:47:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pjd@garage.freebsd.pl) Received: by mail.garage.freebsd.pl (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 1116B456B1; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:47:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (pjd.wheel.pl [10.0.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.garage.freebsd.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E305545685; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:47:21 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:47:39 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek To: Alex Karpovic Message-ID: <20090123094739.GB3188@garage.freebsd.pl> References: <700ff07a0901200855oaf6eaccpf2693bcf791269e6@mail.gmail.com> <20090120205843.GB3819@garage.freebsd.pl> <700ff07a0901220700p34d01347vbd1f03cde519bd6b@mail.gmail.com> <700ff07a0901220835u59a2a965l6da1503d4dcea3fe@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NDin8bjvE/0mNLFQ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <700ff07a0901220835u59a2a965l6da1503d4dcea3fe@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-PGP-Key-URL: http://people.freebsd.org/~pjd/pjd.asc X-OS: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT i386 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on mail.garage.freebsd.pl X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GELI problem... Oh, I mean disaster X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:47:29 -0000 --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--