Thanks NIck, How do I exactly try to unlock the disk with bioctl command?
I do not have the appropriate disk to try to rebuild it. I am trying it from openbsd 6.9 bootable usb. The encrypted hdd was 7.3. Please. Thanks in advance On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 4:33 PM Nick Holland <n...@holland-consulting.net> wrote: > On 6/17/23 08:40, soko.tica wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > I have managed to screw by > > #fsck_ffs /dev/sd1a > > > > the root partition of my unmounted HDD (OpenBSD 7.3 stable, possibly not > > fully updated). It crashed during boot due to the power outage, than it > was > > unable to boot and required fsck_ffs, and I answered 'F' to the 'Fyn' > > prompt. > > > > Here is the present status of it (it is sd0 in this sequence). > > === > > Script started on Sat Jun 17 12:26:43 2023 > > think# disklabel sd0 > > > > # /dev/rsd0c: > > type: SCSI > > disk: SCSI disk > > label: HGST HTS725050A7 > > duid: 35e70751b7e36f98 > > flags: > > bytes/sector: 512 > > sectors/track: 63 > > tracks/cylinder: 255 > > sectors/cylinder: 16065 > > cylinders: 60801 > > total sectors: 976773168 > > boundstart: 64 > > boundend: 976768065 > > drivedata: 0 > > > > 16 partitions: > > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] > > a: 976768001 64 RAID > > c: 976773168 0 unused > > think# ^D > > > > > > Script done on Sat Jun 17 12:26:54 2023 > > === > > this is as I'd expect. but you aren't showing what happens > when you try to unlock it I understand you have a problem, > but you haven't told us what it is. > > If you have a problem when unlocking the disk with the bioctl > command, you probably aren't going to get your data back. > > If you can get the drive unlocked and available as another > logical drive, you will probably have to fsck each partition > within it. Hopefully any horrible problems here would be > contained to individual partitions, and you can pull data off > the rest. > ... > > > Naturally, there is data there, and naturally, I have no backup of it. Of > > course I do know the passphrase, it is my hdd. > > this is what we call a learning experience. > > > If there is any chance to recover it, please let me know. > > chance, maybe. But almost by design, encrypted storage is more > fragile than unencrypted storage. > > Nick. > >