Is this LUKS? If it is, it should refuse to open becaue of missing header. If it is plain dm--crypt, you just lost some data at the beginning of the disk and can use the usual recovery methods... Arno On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 01:38:47AM -0700, Willie wrote: > > > On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:27 +0200, "Arno Wagner" <arno@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 04:20:38PM -0700, Willie wrote: > > > > > > Oh well. Some you lose. Chin up. Onward and upward, etc etc... > > > > That's the spirit. Only those doing nothing of importance > > do not screw up sometimes. > > > > Arno > > > > -- > > Well, it's kind of strange. I aborted the dd as soon as I became aware > of my moment of crass stupidity and I can still see part of the > directory structure, with quite a few file names in there showing proper > file sizes, but these seem to be empty of data. > > I still have > "/dev/mapper/udisks-luks-uuid-c1a534b4-d1ba-40d0-adb8-6d2490f06ade-uid9330 > on /media/Seagate_1.5 type xfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)", and > obviously I have the pass phrase. > > I suppose it's the key that's gone, and there's the kicker, right? > > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free > > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
