YESS!! Thank you qwerjkl...
I can confirm, "bioctl -c C -l ... softraid0" seems to have picked up the
existing partition...and after a "cd /dev && sh MAKEDEV sd2", the installer
was picked up the device (sd2), and I was able to get back to a working
system.
Thanks again!
On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 7:30 PM Benny <qwer...@protonmail.com> wrote:
> I have done that two days ago. When you use bioctl -c ... -l ... softraid0
> on an existing raid configuration, it will map the raid volume to another
> sd device. You will be prompted for a password if your raid level is
> crypto. This will _not_ create another raid or overwrite your data, unless
> you typed something wrong. Don't forget to MAKEDEV sd1 for the new sd.
>
> qwerjkl
>
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Monday, June 3, 2019 7:17 PM, Bryan Stenson <bryan.sten...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all -
> >
> > I'm running -CURRENT on a SSD with FDE encryption using softraid/crypto
> > with a passphrase entered via the keyboard at boot. It worked great.
> > Then, I upgraded to a build that had a broken bootloader (reported to be
> > fixed now: "Re: amd64 snapshot very broken (Jun 1 02:24:13)"). Per that
> > thread, I'm trying to boot from temp boot media to update to the fixed
> > image.
> >
> > I've tried booting both snapshots/amd64/install65.fs and
> > snapshots/amd64/miniroot65.fs, and while it appears the bootloader
> > recognizes my softraid crypto device, it's clearly not mounting the
> crypto
> > device (I'm not prompted for a passphrase), and by the time I get to the
> > install script, it shows:
> >
> > Available disks are: .
> > Which disk is the root disk? ('?' for details)
> >
> > Asking for details, both my SSD (sd0) and temp boot media (sd1) are
> shown,
> > but I'm not able to see the encrypted device.
> >
> > I've dropped to a shell, and created the device (it wasn't there) via "cd
> > /dev && sh MAKEDEV sd0", and can see my RAID partition via "disklabel
> sd0".
> >
> > But, now I'm stuck/confused...I'm trying to figure it out by following:
> > https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#softraidFDE
> >
> > Do I re-create the softraid/crypto with something like "bioctl -c C sd0a
> > softraid0"? Or, will this will wipe out the existing data and give me a
> > fresh new partition to install to?
> >
> > How can I mount the existing crypto volume for use by the installer?
> > (Also, am I asking the right questions here?)
> >
> > Any suggestions/clarifications would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
> for
> > your time.
> >
> > Bryan
>
>
>
