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 >> >> > -- 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=4mkjjjxpinvvauka6kdkrrmm...@mail.gmail.com
