Re: How can a passphrase be incorrect even after `luksHeaderBackup` and `luksHeaderRestore`?

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On 08/05/2011 04:52 PM, Arno Wagner wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 04:16:47PM +0200, Milan Broz wrote:
>> On 08/05/2011 02:11 PM, Paul Menzel wrote:
>>>> No, as from the output above, I do not see the same problem. What
>>>> could be the reason for this difference in behaviour?
>>>
>>> On #lvm Milan suggested that the problem lies with the new drive
>>> having some misalignment
>>
>> I have checked the dump and there is clear corruption of first keyslot
>> (0x1000 - 0x1400 offset).
>>
>> I'll try to find the source of problem now.
>>
>> Milan
> 
> Hi Milan,
> 
> just a thought: May this be a stray v1.2 RAID/md superblock?
> They are at 4k offset from the device start according to this:

yes, but not the superblock but the RAID1 bitmap. even mdadm --zero-superblock
keep the RAID1 bitmap intact.
With MD format 1.2 it is exactly area where I see it now.

So, the first question: what was "cat /proc/mdstat" when doing luksHeaderRestore
(which apparently failed)? Was that drive still in use in some raid?

Milan


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