On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 11:51:53AM -0300, Crystal Kolipe wrote: > On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 01:02:04PM +0000, Anon Loli wrote: > > Hello list > > So I was trying to resolve the problem that I just submitted with the > > Installer, and I was putting a fresh install75 on my USB, the problem is > > that > > last DD/flash my USB was on sd2, and in meanwhile I attached my VERY > > IMPORTANT > > external drive to my computer which became sd2 with crypto volume attached > > as > > sd3, so it was mounted. > > There is a difference between the crypto volume being _attached_ and a > partition on it being _mounted_. > > In your case the crypto volume contained within sd2 was attached as sd3. > > But quite possibly none of the partitions on sd3 was mounted on /mnt. > > Now you have overwritten the beginning of sd2, which is where the encryption > keys are stored. > > But since it was hopefully already attached a copy of these keys will be in > RAM, despite the fact that you have trashed the on-disk copy. > > So don't reset the machine now, because that copy would be lost. > > What happens if you do: > > # mount -oro /dev/sd3X /mnt > > Replacing X with the partition that you actually had on the external disk, > (probably a or d). > > Are you able to see anything that was on the disk? > > If so, let us know and don't do anything else that might crash the machine. >
I sent a reply with some more info, do you still want me to proceed with `mount -oro`?
