Moving raw system image to another drive breaks GELI

[David Christensen]

On 2/26/19 10:00 AM, David Christensen wrote:
> I have a computer:
> 
> 2019-02-26 09:50:14 dpchrist at ragnar ~
> $ freebsd-version ; uname -a
> 11.2-RELEASE-p9
> FreeBSD ragnar 11.2-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE-p9 #0: Tue Feb  5 
> 15:30:36 UTC 2019 
> root at amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
> 
> 
> I installed to a SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16 GB flash drive:
> 
>        Partitioning                      Auto (ZFS)
>          Pool Type/Disks                 stripe,da0
>          Pool Name                       zroot
>          Force 4K Sectors                YES
>          Encrypt Disks                   YES
>          Partition Scheme                MBR (BIOS)
>          Swap Size                       2g
>          Mirror Swap                     NO
>          Encrypt Swap                    YES
>          Install
> 
> 
> If I do a raw binary copy of the USB flash drive to a Intel 520 Series 
> SSD 60 GB with dd(1) and boot the SSD, GELI rejects the passphrase and I 
> end up at a "mountroot>" prompt.
> 
> 
> I would like to be able to move raw FreeBSD system images from drive to 
> drive and have them work.

I did another install without GELI to another USB flash drive.  I then 
copied the image to the SSD.  The SSD boots and seems to work correctly.


David