Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:58:43 +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: <20090120205843.GB3819@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <700ff07a0901200855oaf6eaccpf2693bcf791269e6@mail.gmail.com> References: <700ff07a0901200855oaf6eaccpf2693bcf791269e6@mail.gmail.com>
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--82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 06:55:19PM +0200, Alex Karpovic wrote: > Hello everyone, >=20 > I am a long-time user of geli encryption, but just today I faced a proble= m, > connected probably to some hardware malfunction, and I am in need of good > advice now. >=20 > I have a SATA drive, encrypted as whole with GELI. Booting is performed v= ia > usbflash drive. >=20 > Today I tried to add an old IDE hdd, but when I turned my box on, loud > clicking sound informed me that the hdd is physically broken. OK, turned > computer off right after memory test, removed IDE hdd, and tried to boot = as > usual. However, GELI is unable to recognize my encrypted SATA now! Strange. Please send content of /var/run/dmesg.boot, output of geli dump <your_sata_disk>, etc. Your previous /var/run/dmesg.boot would be also helpful if you can dig it up from your backups. > I do bi-weekly backups, but in current situation it won't save me. I did a > lot of work recently, and deadline is so near, that I cannot recreate all > that is lost. > Therefore, my first question is evident: taking into account the situatio= n, > is it possible that the damage is reversible? I know there's little hope, > but maybe it is just a signature, which could be re-written? > Second question is to feed my brain: what is the technical nature of my > problem? Before that, I never expirienced a damaging of good SATA caused = by > attaching of bad IDE. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFJdjsDForvXbEpPzQRAjstAKDZPHNz7sYRkf7LRvMtt8Gsy8OlQACfYxiS PALcJgHZ+UZpm0kbMYms8fo= =pGCk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs--
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