Ah, I've never used crypt on the system partition before.. sorry, can't help :(
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Mervyn Zhang <karbonin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, it was at first the debian-installer commands(options in the > text expert mode, I don't know the exact ones): > > making /dev/sda5 a ext2, /boot partition and making /dev/sda6 a lvm > one on top of a LUKS crypted partition. > > When I was about to boot arch, the grub commands should be: > > root (hd0,2) > kernel /vmlinuz26-lts root=/dev/mapper/cryptpool-cryptroot > cryptdevice=/dev/sda4:cryptpv resume=/dev/mapper/cryptpool-cryptswap > ro > initrd /kernel26-lts.img > boot > > (where the "cryptpool" is the name of the VG, "cryptpv" is PV) > > 2011/6/3, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] > <cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk>: > > Please show us the commands you are trying to execute, in order. > > > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Mervyn Zhang <karbonin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Hi all, I'm a debian newbie who are previously using archlinux. I've a > >> disk with the following layout: > >> > >> sda1 pri - Windows partition; > >> sda3 pri - archlinux /boot > >> sda4 pri - archlinux LUKS partition (with lvm in it, the rest > >> partitions /, /var, swap and most important /home) > >> sda5 logic - debian /boot > >> sda6 logic - debian LUKS partition (with lvm in it, where a base > >> just-installed system lies) > >> > >> My two arch partitions remained untouched during the installation of > >> debian, and no bootloaders was installed since I've already a grub > >> installed in the MBR. > >> > >> But when I tried to boot my arch again, the crypt hook reported that > >> > >> "ERROR:Failed to open encryption mapping: The device /dev/sda4 is not > >> a LUKS volume and the crypto= parameter was not specified." > >> > >> So what can I do now to re-access to at least my data? Thank you VERY > >> MUCH since I forgot to backup them first.... > >> > >> > >> -- > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > >> listmas...@lists.debian.org > >> Archive: > >> > http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTi=tFf3QGR7k4Ma=lxyoeexfn2-...@mail.gmail.com > >> > >> > > >
