Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 09:19:23 -0400 From: Andre Goree <andre@drenet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old GPT/GELI disk issue Message-ID: <f2647edfcc1f3c6416e2399aa285388d@drenet.net> In-Reply-To: <20130918124409.76fb7567@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <e04367f5fd2e6e207c6986ff54d9d8fa@drenet.net> <20130918124409.76fb7567@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On 09/18/2013 7:44 am, RW wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Thanks, I knew this was probably some simple command I was missing to erase the metadata...Googling didn't turn up much but I probably wasn't searching for the write thing. I'll give this a shot, I'm sure this will resolve it. Thanks again. -- Andre Goree -=-=-=-=-=- Email - andre at drenet.net Website - http://www.drenet.net PGP key - http://www.drenet.net/0x83ADAAAB.asc -=-=-=-=-=-
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