I used testdisk 7.2 to recover partitions on a GPT disk and it did not correctly identify the end of a LUKS partition, only the start, and instead it at 4096 sectors. I had a previous fdisk -l printout and could correct the size and recover the data which was great!
My question is if anything can be done to identify the size of LUKS partitions better?
Second, when I created a new partition of the right size it looks like the program does not identify it as LUKS at the bottom of the screen as it does with other partition types. Perhaps a bug?
Identifying LUKS partition
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Re: Identifying LUKS partition
Please write in understandable english using verbs. I have no clue what "and instead it at 4096 sectors." should mean.ert8y734 wrote: 15 Nov 2020, 23:54 I used testdisk 7.2 to recover partitions on a GPT disk and it did not correctly identify the end of a LUKS partition, only the start, and instead it at 4096 sectors.
No.I had a previous fdisk -l printout and could correct the size and recover the data which was great!
My question is if anything can be done to identify the size of LUKS partitions better?
As the content of a LUKS partition is encrypted, Testdisk cannot look inside. There are a few pieces of information at the beginning of a LUKS partition that suggest that it's the beginning of a LUKS partition. This information available is not refering to the length of the LUKS partition.
Re: Identifying LUKS partition
Sorry, it should have been that testdisk estimated it a 4096 sectors. So, there is nothing that can be done to better estimate the size of a LUKS partition?
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Re: Identifying LUKS partition
Did you understand me? I already wrote:ert8y734 wrote: 16 Nov 2020, 20:36 Sorry, it should have been that testdisk estimated it a 4096 sectors. So, there is nothing that can be done to better estimate the size of a LUKS partition?
recuperation wrote: 16 Nov 2020, 11:12 As the content of a LUKS partition is encrypted, Testdisk cannot look inside. There are a few pieces of information at the beginning of a LUKS partition that suggest that it's the beginning of a LUKS partition. This information available is not refering to the length of the LUKS partition.