From: Clemens Fruhwirth <clemens@endorphin.org>
To: franciscoferiolimarco <franciscoferiolimarco@protonmail.com>
Cc: "erich@uruk.org" <erich@uruk.org>,
"yo@nexedi.com" <yo@nexedi.com>,
"okuji@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp" <okuji@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp>,
dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: [dm-crypt] Re: Please help!!! GRUB reinstallation messed with LUKS
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 20:37:02 +0100 [thread overview]
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Hi Francisco,
I am adding the dm-crypt mailing list. Maybe there is a friendly individual
that wants to walk you through a full recovery. But your chances of getting
your problem fixed remotely are slim, as there are a gazillion ways of
configuring boot loaders. Your best shot is to get the data of your device
and reinstall it. That might sound tedious but without specialized help
that's your best option.
On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 at 02:43, franciscoferiolimarco <
franciscoferiolimarco@protonmail.com> wrote:
> Dear devs, good morning. I beg for your help with this problem that took
> me by surprise, and since my absolute ignorance in low level programming, I
> have a big fear that any misinformed solution I would find in the internet
> could led me to losing forever my files, to be precise, 26 GB of raw format
> photography, for which I have no back-up.
>
> I looked for professional support in my city, but the best I could find
> was a self-taught technician (all my respects to him) who hasn't been able
> to find a documented solution yet, after already one week. I need my
> computer working so I can use it for uni, given that classes start next
> Monday at my place.
>
> I'm in a situation where it would be difficult for me to buy more storage,
> since I'm really short of money, and then I'd like to try any
> software-based solution first if it exists, and only buy more storage if
> there's no other alternative.
>
> Not only have I encrypted my internal hard drive with LUKS, but I have
> also protected it with a "sudo" password (the one that is requested when
> installing GNU+Linux). I have used the same password for both LUKS and
> sudo, but I do not know the procedure to unblock my drive when I have to
> access to it from a live USB.
>
You first want to identify whether you still have a working LUKS partition.
Boot from your live USB stick and run:
$ for i in /dev/disk/by-id/*; do cryptsetup isLuks "$i" && echo "$i" is a
LUKS device; done
In the good case, it will print the device that contains your LUKS
partition. If it prints:
/dev/disk/by-id/nvme-SAMSUNG_XYZ-part3 is a LUKS device
Then run:
cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-SAMSUNG_XYZ-part3 root
Enter your password. If that succeeds, congratulations, you still have your
data. Then try
mkdir /mnt
mount /dev/mapper/root /mnt
If that succeeds, you should find your data in /mnt. Copy it off somehow.
Then you can try to fix GRUB for real, or reinstall.
> I tried to reinstall GRUB twice. The first time, I used the terminal, and
> it didn't work, though it warned me about decrypting my HDD before
> proceeding with installation. I ignored this, because this guide
> https://itsfoss.com/fix-minimal-bash-line-editing-supported-grub-error-linux/
> didn't mention anything about it. The second time I tried with a GUI tool
> that according to it, it succeeded to reinstall GRUB, but as soon as I
> rebooted my notebook the error prompted again.
>
> If it helps at all, I share with you the specs of my computer:
> [image: Screenshot from 2021-03-19 22-45-40.png]
>
> Please note that I'm just an open source enthusiast, I have no technical
> background, so I apologise if I have used the wrong words to express my
> problem.
>
> I await your reply.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Francisco Ferioli Marco.
> From Argentina.
>
>
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>
> --
Fruhwirth Clemens http://clemens.endorphin.org
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