[Bug 246191] installer prompts for (to be overwritten disk's) geli password

Mon May 4 20:07:08 UTC 2020

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=246191

            Bug ID: 246191
           Summary: installer prompts for (to be overwritten disk's) geli
                    password
           Product: Base System
           Version: CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: emaste at freebsd.org

April 30 2020 -CURRENT snapshot installer image.

I have a test machine which has encrypted-root-on-ZFS from a previous run of
the same installer; I intend to overwrite this partition. When the install USB
stick boots it prompts:

Consoles: EFI console
GELI Passphrase for disk1p3: _

Putting in the passphrase lets the installer proceed as usual. However, if I do
not enter the correct passphrase I get:

GELI Passphrase for disk1p3: _

Calculating GELI Decryption Key for disk1p3: 1323855 iterations...
Bad GELI key: bad password?
GELI Passphrase for disk1p3: _

Calculating GELI Decryption Key for disk1p3: 1323855 iterations...
Bad GELI key: bad password?

[some loader.efi boot messages omitted]

Setting currdev to disk1p3:
GELI Passphrase for disk1p3:

Calculating GELI Decryption Key for disk1p3: 1323855 iterations...
Bad GELI key: bad password?
GELI Passphrase for disk1p3: _

Calculating GELI Decryption Key for disk1p3: 1323855 iterations...
Bad GELI key: bad password?

[repeated many times]

Failed to find bootable partition

If I don't know the existing passphrase I'm unable to reinstall.

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