From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 4 19:31:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50D5416A4CE for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2004 19:31:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from afields.ca (afields.ca [216.194.67.132]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2299B43D55 for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2004 19:31:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from afields@afields.ca) Received: from afields.ca (localhost.afields.ca [127.0.0.1]) by afields.ca (8.12.6/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i352VRSd021021; Sun, 4 Apr 2004 22:31:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from afields@afields.ca) Received: (from afields@localhost) by afields.ca (8.12.6/8.12.9/Submit) id i352VRRt021020; Sun, 4 Apr 2004 22:31:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from afields) Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 22:31:27 -0400 From: Allan Fields To: mmarkows@twcny.rr.com Message-ID: <20040405023127.GA20748@afields.ca> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how ro recover encrypted slice X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 02:31:28 -0000 On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 06:42:33PM -0400, mmarkows@twcny.rr.com wrote: > Now, I am in a predicament because I cannot access my files that I need for my work tomorrow. I know that I messed up, but my last backup is 3 weeks old, and essentially it is no good any more. > > Is there any way to recover the data? I have 13 hours to do it. Rather, to clarify: you could spend a _very_ long time on this: significantly more than a few days. Usually, time is not on your side when you're up against a crypto challenge and don't have lots of resources at your disposal. If you don't manage to get the lock-file back you might want to cut your losses and move on to plan B for the night. I'd be interested to hear how things work-out for you. > Thank you for your time. > Maciej. Regards, -- Allan Fields _.^. ,_ ,. ._ . Afields Research/AFRSL - http://afields.ca <,'/-\/- /\'_| /_ BSDCan: May 2004, Ottawa - http://www.bsdcan.org `'|'====-=--- -- - `---- -- -