Corbin Simpson skrev: >> ...I did not want to bother this list with one sysadmin's trifles, but >> there are irreplaceable documents on that drive... Sysadmin stuff won't save you, but some human alchemy might. I have been in the same situation myself. Twice. In both cases I left the drives alone. In both cases the passphrase just came back to me from memory. Days later and slightly incorrect, but yet. Once I had the basic passphrase back, trial and error fixed the remaining slight errors. So I'd suggest you play the same way as when you forget what you were just about to say. Some people remember it by trying to. Others remember it precisely by not trying. Some people can help their memory by rehashing what they were saying before the part that they forgot. Others trace their physical steps, repeat what they were doing, hold what they were holding, look where they were looking, until the impulse is repeated which caused them to want to say what they forgot. So think back. When did you set that passphrase? Where where you sitting? Go sit there again, physically or mentally. Who was next to you? What was that person blabbering about? What was on TV? The more you reconstruct the environment, the more likely it is you'll spot that book whose title is your lost passphrase or remember the comment or the film which you used as the basis for it. Give it time. If you fail today, you might have more luck in a week or two. After all, the only thing you can gain by giving up and formatting the drive is the cost of a used drive. Your data are surely worth more than that. Z --------------------------------------------------------------------- dm-crypt mailing list - http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: dm-crypt-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: dm-crypt-help@xxxxxxxx
