On 31/05/16 11:54, fauno wrote: > On 31/05/16 09:52, Robert Nichols wrote: > >> Take a look at the decrypted volume with "hexedit -s". It should start >> out with mostly binary zeros with a little data including the ASCII >> string "LVM2" at the start of a few of the sectors. Starting at about >> the 10th sector there should be a lot of ASCII text. (It's a copy of the >> corresponding file in /etc/lvm/backup, though without the fancy >> formatting.) >> >> If you're seeing random-appearing binary junk there, then the volume is >> not be decrypted properly. If it's just some of the early sectors that >> are clobbered and the text starting at the 10th sector is intact, then >> this should be recoverable. >> > > i've tried reading `hexedit` both on the closed and opened partition and > everything seems to be random junk. `strings` also can't find anything > resembling LVM data. i'm guessing silence means no one wants to give me the bad news :P -- :D
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