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Date:      Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:02:20 -0400
From:      "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@michaelwlucas.com>
To:        questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: geli keyfile not loading at boot
Message-ID:  <20140820220220.GA92493@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org>
In-Reply-To: <20140820211307.GA92271@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org>
References:  <20140820150557.GA90970@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <CAFG2KCKhY_4M-=%2BnA1Wz8LyRKt=K8t4bhQxQ84LakRLmHVdXLA@mail.gmail.com> <20140820211307.GA92271@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org>

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On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 05:13:07PM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote:
> geli_da1p1key_keyfile0_load="YES"
> geli_da1p1key_keyfile0_type="da0p2:geli_keyfile0"
> geli_da1p1key_keyfile0_name="/boot/da1p1.key"
> boot_verbose=1


And, of course, I figured this out right after sending this mail.

The _type line must reference the encrypted partition, not the
partition the key file is on. This entry seems to mean "the encryption
key for partition X is: geli_keyfile_0" -- it's not "here's the
location of the keyfile.

==ml

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