Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 15:48:48 +0100 From: void <void@f-m.fm> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removing GELI from a zfs-on-root system Message-ID: <aGFPJAyzCJHN1Nu9@int21h> In-Reply-To: <CAOtMX2jq202eckjK-pKK-dR_sVLMX8%2BO0oZUpibsUhP8Z-qMXA@mail.gmail.com> References: <aGFJ7oRB-NFm9eQH@int21h> <CAOtMX2jq202eckjK-pKK-dR_sVLMX8%2BO0oZUpibsUhP8Z-qMXA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at 08:26:59AM -0600, Alan Somers wrote: >On Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM void <void@f-m.fm> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'd like to remove the GELI prompt/functionality from >> a root-on-zfs system. How can I do this without re-initialising >> the whole system? It's not a redundant array - it's just one disk. >> >> There are some methods turning up in a search, but from years ago, >> and zfs is a fast-moving target. They're all using redundant >> arrays in their examples. >> >> What I'm after is the latest approved/proper method to remove GELI >> from the booted, unlocked, single-disk zfs system. Is this possible >> in-situ? > > >Nope. One way or another you will need to copy the entire disk. You can't >just remove the encryption sector-by-sector. Oh well :D thanks for the clarification --help
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