On Saturday 27 May 2017 01:56:06 Joel Sing wrote: > On Friday 26 May 2017 01:05:59 sharon s. wrote: > > On 05/26/17 00:45, Ted Unangst wrote: > > > [email protected] wrote: > > >> Steps to recreate: > > >> > > >> dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/rsd0c bs=1m (took over a week) > > >> > > >> fdisk -iy -g sd0 (I left off the "-b 960" because this is not a > > >> bootable partiton) > > >> > > >> disklabel -E sd0 > > >> > > >> Label editor (enter '?' for help at any prompt) > > >> > > >> > a a > > >> > > >> offset: [64] > > >> size: [70319603585] > > >> FS type: [4.2BSD] RAID > > >> > > >> > w > > >> > q > > >> > > >> # bioctl -v -c C -l sd0a softraid0 > > >> New passphrase: > > >> Re-type passphrase: > > >> Deriving key using bcrypt PBKDF with 16 rounds... > > >> bioctl: unknown error > > >> > > >> softraid0: invalid metadata format > > > > > > You filled the disk with random data, which is not a valid metadata > > > format... > > > > I followed the FAQ, http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#softraidCrypto . > > Hrmmm, it looks like that part of the FAQ is incorrect or missing a step. > You should be able to work around it by either zeroing the first ~1MB of > disk (per the FAQ), or by using 'bioctl -C force' (carefully).
Actually, re-reading this it should be correct - the "invalid metadata format" error is more likely indicating an issue identifying the partition type/size (as unhelpful as that is). Could you provide the output from `disklabel sd0'?
