At Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:30:30 -0800, Ross Boylan <RossBoylan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I recently used the Debian stable installer to put Linux on a laptop > that already had MS-Vista. I created an unencrypted boot partition and > a big partition encrypted using dm-crypt. The big partition in turn was > managed by LVM. > > This was working fine, but after a few weeks (maybe less) without > booting into Linux I tried today, and could not give LUKS a pass-phrase > it liked. My initial guess was wrong. > > First question: is there a lockout for some time after a certain number > of wrong guesses? No, there is no such lock out. Probably something corrupted your first sectors of the partition (or the password is indeed wrong). -- Fruhwirth Clemens - http://clemens.endorphin.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
