From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 18 11:44:26 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA14E34C for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:44:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-we0-x232.google.com (mail-we0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::232]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 481D523C7 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:44:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f178.google.com with SMTP id u57so6452810wes.9 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 04:44:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=dAYLMpZaELD3/AfI3e6TpsXsKm/Bmhhz1/XNuglfKjk=; b=0mIWehE+st7ySyZ/Ra9fslq0Eav+GZyBP47GEPJwkwtZNzcbIk/S4h2bYhb46rAEx8 LXrmhynkBsUrpPzqIorsjVtd8T+JvOETpHuZLHzRX5K4x25E7Rgvx4jJV2F5ObjaEoAZ HBwLoj8YI105hAIhvXi761FzJCEPCPw6H5ui2EKV2KU0+1eCfi2jXvV345HPrI45okrX MDmU77G4wenoYhLPKunqmApNkOXOl4f4w9pPnIwbbvlvBDKHLkrUhTGCoHGoND5A1LwC MHhLxrlgiYDwxWJ/3gKmf8y/GbATOkModBg5csbgHz+CgTvESBp/4qrGb68bSbAFnxIG KGmg== X-Received: by 10.180.39.134 with SMTP id p6mr6762785wik.9.1379504664680; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 04:44:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com ([87.194.105.247]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id gp9sm11040642wib.8.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 18 Sep 2013 04:44:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:44:09 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old GPT/GELI disk issue Message-ID: <20130918124409.76fb7567@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2 (GTK+ 2.24.19; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:44:26 -0000 On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:22:30 -0400 Andre Goree wrote: > Hey list, > > I have a disk that was at one time part of a GPT/GELI configuration > and thus, had a passphrase attached to it. > > I've since reformatted that disk and am using it for another purpose, > but the system still appears to think the disk should be unlocked via > passphrase. I always have to enter some arbitrary passphrase to get > past the prompt, after which the system continues to boot as normal. > I thought all I would need to do is comment the corresponding parts > in /boot/loader.conf, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Anyone > have any insight? geli metadata is stored in the last sector of the provider which wont get overwritten by newfs or similar. I guess you need to run geli clear on it.