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 uXYMvXqrI-6f for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:13:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from johannburkard.de (lvps178-77-96-155.dedicated.hosteurope.de [178.77.96.155]) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:13:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from booklet (p5B081BC4.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [91.8.27.196]) by johannburkard.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 185C0197E024A for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:13:31 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes References: <20110713125119.GA24426@tansi.org> <4E1E6438.4070704@kdzbn.homelinux.net> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:13:43 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Johann Burkard" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4E1E6438.4070704@kdzbn.homelinux.net> Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Need help with sync'ing dmsetup info to disk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de Hello, Am 14.07.2011, 05:36 Uhr, schrieb Bryan Kadzban : > That's not how it works. dmsetup does not save tables to disk. > > cryptsetup reads the LUKS header off disk (if you use LUKS). See the > FAQ for the layout of this header (and where the key slots go). thanks Bryan. Would you say that I should restore the LUKS header from the old backup? Would that work? -- Regards, Johann Burkard