Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 09:40:55 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz_lst@tdx.co.uk> To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GELI created on a GPT labelled partition doesn't work 2nd time around... Message-ID: <5A6D15305F99246DAE25673C@Mail-PC.tdx.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20140928130547.GD1620@garage.freebsd.pl> References: <FB80B30D52FBD7A0500EF984@study64.tdx.co.uk> <20140928130547.GD1620@garage.freebsd.pl>
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--On 28 September 2014 15:05 +0200 Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
wrote:
> Could you provide the output of:
>
> # diskinfo -v /dev/gpt/abcdef.eli
Sure, after GPTing, geli init / geli attach - the running the above gives:
"
/dev/gpt/abcdef.eli
4096 # sectorsize
750155304960 # mediasize in bytes (699G)
183143385 # mediasize in sectors
0 # stripesize
0 # stripeoffset
11400 # Cylinders according to firmware.
255 # Heads according to firmware.
63 # Sectors according to firmware.
WD-WCAPT0430257s0s0 # Disk ident.
"
In the interim - I wrote a script which matches the drives serial numbers,
with keys - and does a 'geli attach' on the raw disk (e.g. /dev/da0) - this
results in da0.eli, which can then be GPT partitioned etc.
Trying to run anything 'against' /dev/gpt/abcdef.eli results in, e.g.
# gpart create -s gpt /dev/gpt/abcdef.eli
gpart: provider: Device not configured
or,
dd if=/dev/gpt/abcdef.eli of=/dev/null bs=1k count=1000
dd: /dev/gpt/abcdef.eli: Invalid argument
If I repeat the above steps without the initial GPT partition (i.e. against
/dev/da0) - I end up with '/dev/da0.eli' - which I can then GPT fine etc.
-Karl
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