On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 11:51:53AM -0300, Crystal Kolipe wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 01:02:04PM +0000, Anon Loli wrote:
> > Hello list
> > So I was trying to resolve the problem that I just submitted with the
> > Installer, and I was putting a fresh install75 on my USB, the problem is that
> > last DD/flash my USB was on sd2, and in meanwhile I attached my VERY IMPORTANT
> > external drive to my computer which became sd2 with crypto volume attached as
> > sd3, so it was mounted.
>
> There is a difference between the crypto volume being _attached_ and a
> partition on it being _mounted_.
>
> In your case the crypto volume contained within sd2 was attached as sd3.
>
> But quite possibly none of the partitions on sd3 was mounted on /mnt.
>
> Now you have overwritten the beginning of sd2, which is where the encryption
> keys are stored.
>
> But since it was hopefully already attached a copy of these keys will be in
> RAM, despite the fact that you have trashed the on-disk copy.
>
> So don't reset the machine now, because that copy would be lost.
>
> What happens if you do:
>
> # mount -oro /dev/sd3X /mnt
>
> Replacing X with the partition that you actually had on the external disk,
> (probably a or d).
>
> Are you able to see anything that was on the disk?
>
> If so, let us know and don't do anything else that might crash the machine.
>
I sent a reply with some more info, do you still want me to proceed with
`mount -oro`?
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