On 03/28/2011 12:41 PM, Claudio Moretti wrote: > If the partition size has no relation with the disk unlocking, does > it mean that somehow my LUKS header is corrupted (and therefore I'll > be unable to unlock the disk, because I was so stupid I didn't backup > the header)? Unfortunately you probably just answered yourself. Partition size (resp. partition end) is not important, you just need full LUKS header starting in the beginning with not corrupted active keyslots to unlock it. Also see http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#6._Backup_and_Data_Recovery Milan _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt