root mount failure in freebsd 9.2 encrypted disk!

h bagade bagadeh at gmail.com
Thu Nov 21 08:54:53 UTC 2013


On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 11:37 AM, John-Mark Gurney <jmg at funkthat.com> wrote:

> h bagade wrote this message on Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 11:16 +0330:
> > I've tried to encrypt my disk in freebsd 9.2 based on the following
> guide:
> > http://cgarcia.org/posts/FreeBSD-FDE-Install.html
> >
> > but it failed to mount root and encountered the following error:
> > mounting from ufs /dev/ada0p3.eli failed with error 19
> >
> > I have tried so many ways but all ends in above error. I have done the
> same
> > process in freebsd 8.2 without any problem and I don't know why the error
> > occurs in freebsd 9.2?!
> >
> > Does anyone have any idea about this or how I can fix it?
>
> Did you see the ask for the passphrase on boot option for the
> partition?  It's the -b option, and you can fix that w/:
> geli configure -b /dev/ada0p3.eli
>

Thank you so much, my problem is solved by this command.

>
> The guide you referenced does use the -b in the geli init command...
>

So -b option on init command doesn't work?!! it was fine with freebsd 8.2!

>
> What does ? say that the mount root prompt?
>
> Just so you know, don't be disappointed w/ the performance of geli
> in 9.2...  I plan on back porting the changes I've made to HEAD back
> to 9 at some point, and then you'll finally get decent performance..
> Most of my changes will be in 10.0-R, we'll see if the my latest change
> makes it in to 10.0-R or not...
>
> I hope that soon the changes apply on freebsd 9.2. I need to work on this
version for now :(

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>   John-Mark Gurney                              Voice: +1 415 225 5579
>
>      "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
>


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