Dale wrote: > > Here's a update. I really don't like restarting lvm when I'm logged > into my desktop and everything. It has never hurt anything in the past > but still, it could mess up something. So, I removed the 10TB hard > drive from the Startech enclosure and put it in a spare Rosewill > enclosure. I powered it up, it sees the drive itself but does not add > the LVM part I need to decrypt just like before. I restarted LVM and > there it is, the LVM part I need. So, it isn't the enclosure, it > appears to be the drive itself which is really confusing. I've never > had any hard drive to do this even when I'm starting with a fresh drive > and setting it up. Everything gets added as I set it up. Everything > from partition table to the encrypted file system. > > I may just redo this drive from scratch. Use dd to erase the partition > table and even some data, after all it is encrypted already, and start > from scratch. Maybe I did something wrong and didn't notice it. I dunno. > > I just wanted to update with this info just in case someone else runs > into this issue. No real solution yet but will post back if restarting > from scratch fixes it. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
Final update I guess. I used dd to erase partition table etc from the drive and started over from scratch. The drive still does the same thing. I have to restart LVM for it to allow me to have the LVM part I need to make cryptsetup work. It is really weird but this is the only drive that does this. I ran smartctl -l selftest and it passed. I'm not sure what to think about this. As soon as I can, I'll replace the drive just in case something is wrong that smart isn't picking up on. Dale :-) :-)
