From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 21:20:53 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 75EBB1065689 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:20:53 +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 905C78FC1F for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:20:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pjd@garage.freebsd.pl) Received: by mail.garage.freebsd.pl (Postfix, from userid 65534) id AD309456AB; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:58:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (chello087206045082.chello.pl [87.206.45.82]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.garage.freebsd.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA52E45683; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:58:27 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:58:43 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek To: Alex Karpovic Message-ID: <20090120205843.GB3819@garage.freebsd.pl> References: <700ff07a0901200855oaf6eaccpf2693bcf791269e6@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <700ff07a0901200855oaf6eaccpf2693bcf791269e6@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=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=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: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:20:55 -0000 --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 , 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--