Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:55:19 +0200 From: Alex Karpovic <alekar2009@gmail.com> To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: GELI problem... Oh, I mean disaster Message-ID: <700ff07a0901200855oaf6eaccpf2693bcf791269e6@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello everyone, I am a long-time user of geli encryption, but just today I faced a problem, connected probably to some hardware malfunction, and I am in need of good advice now. I have a SATA drive, encrypted as whole with GELI. Booting is performed via usbflash drive. Today I tried to add an old IDE hdd, but when I turned my box on, loud clicking sound informed me that the hdd is physically broken. OK, turned computer off right after memory test, removed IDE hdd, and tried to boot as usual. However, GELI is unable to recognize my encrypted SATA now! I do bi-weekly backups, but in current situation it won't save me. I did a lot of work recently, and deadline is so near, that I cannot recreate all that is lost. Therefore, my first question is evident: taking into account the situation, is it possible that the damage is reversible? I know there's little hope, but maybe it is just a signature, which could be re-written? Second question is to feed my brain: what is the technical nature of my problem? Before that, I never expirienced a damaging of good SATA caused by attaching of bad IDE. Alex
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