Import encrypted volume into 9.10.2

[BlairEL]

Hiya,

I had a setup in Corral and after finding out its dead, I have reverted back to 9.10. I had a disk with encryption on the Corral setup, I know the passphrase but do not have the encryption key file, and the wizard will not let me progress with out it.

Any suggestions? I am okay to import the volume via the CLI but I am unsure of the commands

 

[danb35]

If you do not have, and cannot get, the key file, Game Over.

 

[Vito Reiter]

Unless you're a company that is REQUIRED to follow compliance, never encrypt volumes.

 

[rs225]

Can you still boot into the Corral installation that you had?

 

[BlairEL]

Can you still boot into the Corral installation that you had?

I can reinstall corrall I assume and import the volume there?

Or will I still need that key file? I had not needed it before when working only within corral, I just entered the paraphrase.

 

[danb35]

I can reinstall corrall I assume and import the volume there?

No, you will need the key. As I wrote above, if you don't have, and can't get, the key, your data is gone. That's kind of the point of encryption.

 

[BlairEL]

Okay.

I had assumed the passphrase was enough.

Thanks for the info

 

[Stux]

Is the passphrase used to decrypt the keyfile?

 

[SweetAndLow]

Is the passphrase used to decrypt the keyfile?

Yes.

Just like the lock on a door, you need the key to get in. And the password is like a lock box that prevents someone from walking by and just opening the door with the key.

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