Mounting an Encrypted Disk
sudo apt-get install cryptsetup # Installs the tools we need to deal with encrypted partitions
sudo modprobe dm-crypt # Inserts a module we need
sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda2 cheer # Unlocks the partition sda2 and names it cheer
Enter LUKS passphrase:
key slot 0 unlocked.
Command successful.
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# Now that we have unlocked the encryption, it's just dealing with the lvm
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sudo apt-get install lvm2 # installs the tools we need
sudo modprobe dm-mod # inserts a module we need
sudo vgscan # Scans for all volume groups
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...
Found volume group "Ubuntu" using metadata type lvm2
sudo vgchange -a y Ubuntu # this made the VG Ubuntu active, if you don't give it a volume group as an argument it'll make them all active
sudo lvscan # This command lists the logical volumes and their /dev path
ACTIVE '/dev/Ubuntu/Root' [15.00 GB] inherit
ACTIVE '/dev/Ubuntu/swap' [1.00 GB] inherit
ACTIVE '/dev/Ubuntu/home' [215.89 GB] inherit
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# Now I mount them to do whatever it is I need to do, if you wanted to run a fsck on them you obviously wouldn't mount them.
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ls /dev/dm* # find the mapped devices
mount /dev/dm-1 /mnt/disk1 # mount one