I decided that I wanted to turn on encryption for my hard drive. I figured that 10.7.5 and file vault 2 have been out for long enough that any problems are solved. Right?
Well, as far as I could tell, it will only encrypt my root partition -- which only has Apple software, not my personal stuff. So it's a no-go. I did, however, discover that I could at least encrypt my backup USB drive. I thought that was a good idea. So I told Time Machine to start encrypting it. In the middle of the encryption, the drive decided it had been disconnected (can happen if the cable gets knocked -- very loose/weak connection, and my cats will walk on my desk). At this point, the drive does not appear to be there to the system. Plugging it in does not show anything in Finder. "diskutil list" does not show it. Disk Utility.app has spent 20+ minutes spinning a cursor just trying to gather disk information. Is there any way to recover/salvage this drive? Somehow, I was expecting that the "preparing disk for encryption" stage would involve using the free space on the drive to build a new set of metadata for the partitions/file systems/etc, and leave the old GUID table / metadata intact until it was all done and just needed two or three blocks written out with the updated data. Instead, as I said, I cannot even get a "The disk cannot be read. Initialize? yes/no" prompt, nor any indication it is seen. Details from the console log: Here is where I started to upgrade my backup drive to encrypted: Jul 14 16:02:02 keybounceMBP corestoraged[499]: 0x7fff7f07d960 unlockLVF: LVF=8E72EC34-C9FB-407F-8735-EDCCDA44064C, "AES-XTS", status = "Unlocked" Jul 14 16:02:02 keybounceMBP com.apple.kextd[12]: Unable to get DiskArb info for corestorage logical volume object. Jul 14 16:02:03 keybounceMBP corestoraged[499]: 0x7fff7f07d960 startBackgroundConversion: background conversion started. Jul 14 16:02:04 keybounceMBP UserEventAgent[13]: com.apple.backupd-auto launchd job enabled Jul 14 16:02:04 keybounceMBP UserEventAgent[13]: com.apple.backupd-wake launchd job enabled Jul 14 16:02:04 keybounceMBP UserEventAgent[13]: com.apple.backupd-attach launchd job enabled Jul 14 16:02:05 keybounceMBP AppleFileServer[469]: _Assert: /SourceCache/afpserver/afpserver-585.7/afpserver/../afpserver/SharePointSyncTask.cpp, 215 (4294967253) Jul 14 16:02:35: --- last message repeated 4 times --- Jul 14 16:04:03 keybounceMBP com.apple.backupd[516]: Starting standard backup Jul 14 16:04:04 keybounceMBP com.apple.backupd[516]: Backing up to: /Volumes/System Time Machine/Backups.backupdb Jul 14 16:04:11 keybounceMBP com.apple.backupd[516]: Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: UserData Jul 14 16:04:11 keybounceMBP com.apple.backupd[516]: Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Backups Jul 14 16:04:11 keybounceMBP com.apple.backupd[516]: Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: MainSystem Jul 14 16:04:12 keybounceMBP com.apple.backupd[516]: Deep event scan at path:/Volumes/UserData reason:must scan subdirs|new event db| ... Disk cable got touched ... Jul 14 16:09:06 keybounceMBP com.apple.revisiond[65]: [ERROR] GSManager.m:-[GSManager _markLibraryCleanWithFSEventID:]:4858 Failed to mark library at path "/.vol/234881031/2/.DocumentRevisions-V100" clean. Jul 14 16:09:06 keybounceMBP corestoraged[499]: 0x7fff7f07d960 handleIOError: handleIOError: IO error 0xe00002d9 for disk disk1s4 Jul 14 16:09:06 keybounceMBP mds[70]: (/Volumes/107/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/038A04F3-5EBA-48A3-AFF5-080585DDDBD8)(Error) IndexStore in db_store_dirty_chunk_info:Error storing dirty sdb pages: 6 Jul 14 16:09:06 keybounceMBP mds[70]: (/Volumes/107/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/038A04F3-5EBA-48A3-AFF5-080585DDDBD8)(Error) IndexGeneral in sync_datastore:db_store_dirty_chunk_info err:6 Jul 14 16:09:06 keybounceMBP mds[70]: (/Volumes/107/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/038A04F3-5EBA-48A3-AFF5-080585DDDBD8)(Error) IndexCI in _SLCISyncContextSync:preSync error:6 6 Jul 14 16:09:06 keybounceMBP com.apple.revisiond[65]: [ERROR] GSManager.m:-[GSManager _markLibraryCleanWithFSEventID:]:4858 Failed to mark library at path "/.vol/234881036/2/.DocumentRevisions-V100" clean. Jul 14 16:09:06 keybounceMBP mds[70]: (/Volumes/System Time Machine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/F5E6CE03-151E-43C9-81EF-3031201B3946)(Error) IndexStore in db_store_dirty_chunk_info:Error storing dirty sdb pages: 6 Jul 14 16:09:06 keybounceMBP mds[70]: (/Volumes/System Time Machine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/F5E6CE03-151E-43C9-81EF-3031201B3946)(Error) IndexGeneral in sync_datastore:db_store_dirty_chunk_info err:6 Jul 14 16:09:06 keybounceMBP mds[70]: (/Volumes/System Time Machine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/F5E6CE03-151E-43C9-81EF-3031201B3946)(Error) IndexCI in _CISyncContextSync:preSync error:6 6 Jul 14 16:09:06 keybounceMBP kernel[0]: Jul 14 16:09:06: --- last message repeated 42 times --- Jul 14 16:09:06 keybounceMBP com.apple.backupd[516]: Backup failed because the destination disk was ejected or disconnected unexpectedly! Jul 14 16:09:06 keybounceMBP kernel[0]: Jul 14 16:09:06: --- last message repeated 3 times --- Jul 14 16:09:06 keybounceMBP com.apple.backupd[516]: Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error Jul 14 16:09:06: --- last message repeated 3 times --- Jul 14 16:09:06 keybounceMBP kernel[0]: Jul 14 16:09:07: --- last message repeated 11 times --- Jul 14 16:09:07 keybounceMBP com.apple.backupd[516]: Backup failed because a backup source disk was ejected or disconnected unexpectedly! Jul 14 16:09:07 keybounceMBP corestoraged[499]: 0x7fff7f07d960 handleIOError: CoreStorageClearIOErrorForVolume failed Jul 14 16:09:08 keybounceMBP com.apple.backupd[516]: Backup canceled. Jul 14 16:09:28 keybounceMBP kernel[0]: Jul 14 16:09:28: --- last message repeated 13 times --- Jul 14 16:09:28 keybounceMBP diskarbitrationd[18]: unable to probe /dev/disk1s2 (status code 0xFFFFFFFC). After that: Jul 14 16:09:33 keybounceMBP kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 57442D575837304136395239313734 0x1058 0x705 0x175 Jul 14 16:09:34 keybounceMBP kernel[0]: [0xffffff800fcf3a00](1)/(5) Device not responding Jul 14 16:09:34 keybounceMBP kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 57442D575837304136395239313734 0x1058 0x705 0x175 Jul 14 16:22:31 keybounceMBP kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=674[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID Jul 14 16:34:28 keybounceMBP kernel[0]: USBF: 4345.332 AppleUSBHubPort: Port 3 of Hub at 0xfa100000 about to terminate a busy device (External HDD ) after waiting 10 seconds Jul 14 16:34:44 keybounceMBP kernel[0]: USBF: 4361.564 AppleUSBHubPort: Port 3 of Hub at 0xfa100000 about to terminate a busy device (External HDD ) after waiting 10 seconds Jul 14 16:34:55 keybounceMBP kernel[0]: USBF: 4372.444 AppleUSBHubPort: Port 3 of Hub at 0xfa100000 about to terminate a busy device (External HDD ) after waiting 10 seconds Jul 14 16:35:39 keybounceMBP kernel[0]: USBF: 4415.805 AppleUSBHubPort: Port 3 of Hub at 0xfa100000 about to terminate a busy device (External HDD ) after waiting 10 seconds Jul 14 17:21:15 keybounceMBP kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=749[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID Jul 14 17:34:27 keybounceMBP kernel[0]: USBF: 7944.737 AppleUSBHubPort: Port 3 of Hub at 0xfa100000 about to terminate a busy device (External HDD ) after waiting 10 seconds Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: ********** Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: Disk Utility started. Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: module: Restore - loaded Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: module: First Aid - loaded Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: module: Erase - loaded Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: module: Information - loaded Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: preBootEnvironmentFlag: DMPreBootEnvironmentEFI Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: module: Partition - loaded Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: module: RAID - loaded Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: module: Restore - loaded Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: module: First Aid - loaded Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: module: Erase - loaded Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: module: Information - loaded Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: preBootEnvironmentFlag: DMPreBootEnvironmentEFI Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: module: Partition - loaded Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: module: RAID - loaded Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: ## rebuildMasterList ## Jul 14 17:45:02 keybounceMBP com.apple.SecurityServer[26]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.burn' by client '/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app' [820] for authorization created by '/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app' [820] Jul 14 17:45:05 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: ********** Jul 14 17:45:05 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: Disk: disk0 (TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF Media) - 0x7feafae8e640 Jul 14 17:45:05 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: Optical Device: SuperDrive - 0x7feafaa4f190 Jul 14 17:45:05 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: ============================= Jul 14 17:45:05 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: Disk: disk0 (TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF Media) - 0x7feafae8e640 Jul 14 17:45:05 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: Partition: disk0s1 (disk0s1) - 0x7feafa872560 Jul 14 17:45:05 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: Partition: disk0s2 (MainSystem) [* boot volume] - 0x7feafaecbe30 Jul 14 17:45:05 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: Partition: disk0s3 (UserData) - 0x7feafaecc700 Jul 14 17:45:05 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: Partition: disk0s4 (Backups) - 0x7feafaecca90 Jul 14 17:45:05 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: Optical Device: SuperDrive - 0x7feafaa4f190 Jul 14 17:45:05 keybounceMBP Disk Utility[820]: ============================= My questions: 1. Is there any way to recover the old data on the drive (there were partitions with backups for my computers, as well as another computer, plus additional video files I had put on that drive for space reasons). 2. If not, is there a way to at least make it usable again? 3. Is "complete loss of everything if the encryption is interrupted" something that should be considered a bug and reported to Apple? 4. Is there any way to turn on File Vault for the UserData partition? keybounceMBP:~ michael$ mount /dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled) devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse) map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse) map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse) /dev/disk0s3 on /Volumes/UserData (hfs, local, journaled) /dev/disk0s4 on /Volumes/Backups (hfs, local, journaled) keybounceMBP:~ michael$ ls -ld /Users 4 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 24 Mar 10 2012 /Users -> /Volumes/UserData/Users// --- This message was composed with the aid of a laptop cat, and no mouse _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
