From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.saout.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.saout.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Mn2DY33-hi3O for ; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:19:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mx1.riseup.net (mx1.riseup.net [198.252.153.129]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:19:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fruiteater.riseup.net (fruiteater-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.74]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "Gandi Standard SSL CA" (not verified)) by mx1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B123547B0F for ; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:12:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51792BC6.7030602@riseup.net> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:12:38 -0300 From: Hugo MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [dm-crypt] not a valid LUKS device List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de Hi, Recently, I was installing Ubuntu 13.10 and the installer appears to have changed something in the first sector of my home partition as described here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1169611 Now, when I try to open my encrypted partition I get the following error: # sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/ubuntu/home home_crypt Device /dev/ubuntu/home is not a valid LUKS device I don't have a backup of my header and would like to know if I still can have hope of recovering the luks partition or if I can re-encrypt it, backup the header and start a new life. What is your opinion on this? Thanks! Hugo