Live CD - luks - lvm2 -- Can't mount encrypted lvm2 logical volume via Live CD

[Michael Schwendt]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:58:34 +0100, Michael wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 21:47:04 -0500, John wrote:
> 
> > Good evening,
> > 
> > While running rawhide, I can no longer boot using rawhide packages from
> > 11/06/2010.  I keep getting asked for the LUKS passphrase.  After I enter
> > two characters, it says the passphrase is invalid.  My passphrase is about
> > 30 characters in length.
> > 
> > In my efforts to "keep all the pieces", I'm trying to access the lvm logical
> > volume that is encrypted to save at least some of the pieces.  :-)
> > 
> > I perform the following steps:
> > 1) Boot the live CD (F14) (X64)
> > 2) Open a terminal window
> > 3) su -l root
> > 4) modprobe dm-crypt
> > 5) sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda6 crypt1 (sda6 is the encrypted LVM)
> 
> /dev/sda6 is a logical partition, not a LV.

Second thought before I'm afk: If you meant to say that sda6 is an
encrypted PV (which builds VG dubby), do you get the same problem for
lv_home? And what does dumpe2fs say about the LV's filesystems?