If you hold Option down when you hear the boot chime, do you see an array of disk volumes, or do you see a password window? If the latter, you have what used to be called the "firmware password" on, and perhaps that's what it's complaining about. I think you turn that off via recovery mode now.
> On Jan 30, 2021, at 10:01 PM, Carl Hoefs <newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu> > wrote: > > I was about to upgrade my Mac Pro (running Mojave) to Big Sur, but when I run > the Big Sur installer and select the APFS (encrypted) boot drive, it says: > > You may not install to this volume because it has a disk password. > > How do I turn off the disk password? Or is it complaining that the drive is > encrypted? > > I go into Sys Prefs -> Security -> FileVault and click on the lock icon, and > then click on "Turn Off FileVault..." But the button does nothing. It turns > blue when clicked, but nothing happens, no panel opens, ... nothing. > > The console log has this: > > ODNodeCustomFunction failed with result ODErrorCredentialsNotAuthorized > SetFrontProcessInternal(0x0,0x1fa1fa pid2520) error=-606 so failed > Authentication failed for <private> with ODErrorCredentialsInvalid > ODRecordVerifyPassword failed with result ODErrorCredentialsInvalid > > > The diskutil info for the drive is: > > +-> Volume disk1s1 D798F143-8BC1-40FE-97AB-74396129744B > | --------------------------------------------------- > | APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk1s1 (No specific role) > | Name: Macintosh HD (Case-insensitive) > | Mount Point: / > | Capacity Consumed: 351754764288 B (351.8 GB) > | FileVault: Yes (Unlocked) > > I assume I can re-encrypt my boot drive after I've installed Big Sur, but how > do I turn it off (or turn off the disk password) for the installation? Or is > this not what it's complaining about? > > -Carl > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
