On 12/02/2010 05:28 PM, Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe wrote: > Milan Broz <mbroz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 12/02/2010 04:45 PM, Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe wrote: >>> It is not easy to check if your dm-crypt mapping is correct (i.e. feeded >>> with the correct key, the correct device offset, etc.) if, like in your >>> case, there is damage in the beginning of the partition - that decrypts >> If you know, that there was an fs, it is easy, just run >> blkid -p /dev/mapper/<cryptdevice> >> and it should detect fs signature. > > Nope. blkid just probes the primary superblock, which is damaged if the > beginning of the partition is damaged. Ah so, I should read it properly. You can probably use offset option in blkid, so it scans for backup superblock but that is not so easy. Milan _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
