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sudo fsck.ext4 /dev/mapper/encrypted_disk


Sorry for the late reply! That one worked! Thank you and AI) :number1:

Actually i didn't try plain "fsck.ext4" command, tried to change superblock on the backup one with "e2fsck -b". Maybe that's the case, or maybe i did "e2fsck -b" somehow wrong ...

Hi! Need some help. Recently i ran into the problem , that left me with the corrupted superblock on the encrypted home folder.

Now i try to at least extract some valuable information from it with the help of MX LIVE-USB.

At first i checked backup superblocks

demo@mx1:~
$ sudo mke2fs -n /dev ...

j2mcgreg Adrian

Sorry for the late reply. I have managed to complete the e2fsck command. And it gives me this error.

demo@mx1:~
$ sudo e2fsck -b 20480000 /dev/nvme0n1p3
e2fsck 1.46.2 (28-Feb-2021)
e2fsck: Invalid argument while trying to open /dev/nvme0n1p3

The superblock could not be read or ...

j2mcgreg Adrian

OK. I am trying to do what is adviced.

$ sudo parted -l

output

Model: CT500P1SSD8 (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 17.4kB 16.8MB 16.8MB Microsoft ...

Adrian wrote: Wed May 17, 2023 8:50 am You can try to recover the superblock... but not sure how likely is that:
https://www.linuxbabe.com/desktop-linux ... lock-error

Oh... Didn't know that hard reset can be so dangerous ( I will try, thank you.

So, the problem is NOT with encryption?

"recovery journal" -- that usually show when there was un forced shutdown (or some other problem). Does it get stuck there?


Yes, there was forced shutdown. Yeah, it stuck.


You could also boot to the Live environment on a USB flashdrive, mount the drive from there

I tried. It gives me an ...

You have stated that you can't access your encrypted disk, but you haven't said why. Forgotten password? Hardware failure? Something else?


Hi, thank you for your reply. Because i don't know why. At first i thought that maybe the problem is with something else, maybe even with a video driver ...

Anyone have ideas?

I guess the problem is with the encrypted disk itself... Is there a chance to get access to the data on it?

Hello!

I can't reach my MX OS on the encrypted disk. Or even files on it through live-CD.

I don't know if it is connected, but previously i had a problem with proprietary Nvidia driver as described here ->> , so i had to switch to an open-source driver.

Some time after that i had begun to ...

Huckleberry Finn wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 2:32 pm I would wait. 5.25 may be available soon (I just don't remember where I read that but afaik @Stevo is working on it)

OK! Thanks for your help!

Looks like i have made a frankenMX)