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From: Cory Coager <ccoager@gmail.com>
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: [dm-crypt] LUKS header always disappears after reboot
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:46:49 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F03CBA9.2000801@gmail.com> (raw)

I have a dedicated drive used just for data. The entire drive is
encrypted with cryptsetup & LUKS. Since the drive is 3tb in size I had
to create the partition with parted. The partition is aligned for
optimal performance.

fdisk -lu:
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util
fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.

Disk /dev/sdb: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 364801 cylinders, total 5860533168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1  4294967295  2147483647+  ee  GPT


parted:
GNU Parted 2.3
Using /dev/sdb
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print                                                            
Model: ATA Hitachi HDS5C303 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 3001GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name  Flags
 1      1049kB  3001GB  3001GB

(parted) align-check opt 1                                                
1 aligned


For some reason, every time I reboot the LUKS header is no longer
recognized. I checked to make sure the appropriate modules are loaded
into memory. The first time I just redid it thinking maybe I did
something wrong. The second time now this has happened I'm thinking
something else is going on. Why does this keep happening? How do I fix
it without redoing it as I have data on this drive.

# cryptsetup luksDump /dev/sdb1
Device /dev/sdb1 is not a valid LUKS device.

             reply	other threads:[~2012-01-04  3:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-04  3:46 Cory Coager [this message]
2012-01-04 18:59 ` [dm-crypt] LUKS header always disappears after reboot Arno Wagner
2012-01-05  0:50   ` Cory Coager
2012-01-05  8:11     ` Arno Wagner
2012-01-06  1:11       ` Cory Coager
2012-01-06  9:37         ` Arno Wagner
2012-01-06 11:37           ` Cory Coager

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