From: Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name>
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Troubleshooting: Header Conversion to argon2id
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 03:53:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180913015328.GA19430@tansi.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8c5025a3-efdd-02a7-d6b8-4d14dcd0beb6@riseup.net>
On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 02:47:00 CEST, procmem wrote:
>
>
> Guilhem Moulin:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 at 15:21:00 +0000, procmem wrote:
> >> cryptsetup convert /dev/vda5 --type luks2 --debug
> >> […]
> >> Cannot convert device /dev/vda5 which is still in use.
> >> […]
> >> Command failed with code -5 (device already exists or device is busy).
> >
> > As the error message indicates, you need to remove (ie, close) the
> > mapped device first. If that device is required for your system to run
> > (for instance if it's holding the root file system) you won't be able to
> > run `cryptsetup luksClose $name` from the main system; however you
> > should be able to perform `cryptsetup convert` from a live CD, or from
> > the initramfs image.
> >
>
> initramfs sounds like the most versatile option. Any pointers on how to
> to this? Searching SE turns up irrelevant results.
The FAQ has an example how to do an an initrd, including dropping to
shell, in Chapter 9:
https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#9-the-initrd-question
Regards,
Arno
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-13 1:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-09-11 17:09 [dm-crypt] Troubleshooting: Header Conversion to argon2id procmem
2018-09-11 17:20 ` Ondrej Kozina
2018-09-11 17:53 ` procmem
2018-09-12 4:16 ` procmem
2018-09-12 4:44 ` Milan Broz
2018-09-12 15:21 ` procmem
2018-09-12 15:52 ` Guilhem Moulin
2018-09-13 0:47 ` procmem
2018-09-13 1:53 ` Arno Wagner [this message]
2018-09-13 1:58 ` Guilhem Moulin
2018-09-13 14:13 ` procmem
2018-09-13 15:00 ` Ondrej Kozina
2018-09-13 14:22 ` procmem
2018-09-13 16:02 ` Guilhem Moulin
2018-09-14 0:21 ` procmem
2018-09-14 7:10 ` Ondrej Kozina
2018-09-14 8:20 ` Ondrej Kozina
2018-09-15 1:33 ` procmem
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