hi there i would suggest you start with #cat /proc/partitions there you have your candidats for your luks partition. (remember /dev/hdX is a name for a while harddrive, /dev/hdX1 is the name for the first partition on this device) Jan Dick Middleton schrieb: > Zambezi wrote: > >> I'm trying to mount a LUKS-harddrive, but I'm getting this error both >> with Dapper and Feisty (Ubuntu). >> >> LUKS-version: >> cryptsetup-luks 1.0.3 >> >> Command for mounting and errormessages >> sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/hde 32001 >> /dev/hde is not a LUKS partition >> >> Also tried with: >> sudo cryptsetup luksDump /dev/hde >> /dev/hde is not a LUKS partition >> >> sudo cryptsetup luksDump /dev/hde1 >> Can't open device: /dev/hde1 > > You say you are mounting a hard drive. It is usual for a hard drive > to have a partition table. Trying to mount /dev/hde suggests you > think there is no partition table. If you are not sure then use > cfdisk (or fdisk) to find out. Are you sure it's /dev/hde? > > You can use > > cryptsetup isLuks <device> > > to find if the partition is a Luks partition. That essentially looks > at the header in the first blocks of the partition to see if it is > correct format. > > The bad news is if you have lost the Luks header then you have lost > all the data on your drives because you no longer have the encryption > key. > > Have you done anything with your HDD which may have overwritten the > beginning of the drive or partition table? > > Dick > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
