On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 18:28 +0100, Clemens Fruhwirth wrote: > 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 > Other than trying alternate passwords, is there anything I can do other than reinstall? Fortunately, that's an option. Ross --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
