Re: can't mount LUKS partition with cryptsetup

On 19 Nov 2024 18:06 +0100, from [email protected] (Thorsten Giese):
> [...] and read everywhere, that a dm-crypt
> Partition ist mountable with "cryptsetup open" (to get my data).

Terminology: you _open_ a container, then _mount_ a possible file
system within it. The two operations are distinct and not all
containers will contain a file system; a canonical example of that is
an encrypted swap partition.


> When presented with
> 
> Enter passphrase for /dev/nvme0n1p3:
> No key available with this passphrase.

As long as the header isn't corrupted (and what you posted _looks_
sane at a glance), such issues are often caused by keymap differences.
Try switching the keyboard layout to US English without dead keys and
type the passphrase as normal; see if that helps.


> Before entering the passphrase it says something about /scripts/init-premount,
> maybe there is a hint on how to mount it, but I can't find it anywhere.

That file is almost certainly within the initrd, which is why you're
not seeing it at that path after boot.

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