From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 18 13:19:28 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3429425 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:19:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andre@drenet.net) Received: from nqhost.drenet.net (nqhost.drenet.net [184.95.47.164]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 87ED82985 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:19:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nqhost.drenet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED19B229CA for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 09:19:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from nqhost.drenet.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (nqhost.drenet.net [127.0.0.1]) (maiad, port 10024) with ESMTP id 49167-04 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 09:19:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: by nqhost.drenet.net (Postfix, from userid 80) id 9397D228E5; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 09:19:23 -0400 (EDT) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old GPT/GELI disk issue X-PHP-Originating-Script: 0:rcmail.php MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 09:19:23 -0400 From: Andre Goree In-Reply-To: <20130918124409.76fb7567@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <20130918124409.76fb7567@gumby.homeunix.com> Message-ID: X-Sender: andre@drenet.net User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.9.4 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 13:19:28 -0000 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 -=-=-=-=-=-