detrito@tuta.io: > > Around May I installed Debian 10 on my (external) hard drive in BIOS > (not UEFI) mode for backup purposes. In the end of June I took the > drive out of the drawer and tried to boot into it but to my surprise > my LUKS encryption password does not work anymore. I'm very sure I am > typing it right because I had written it into a piece of paper. Are you completely sure that you wrote that password down correctly and that you are reading it correctly? Can you distinguish l and 1, O and 0 etc? Is there any invisible whitespace? Did you intentionally leave something out because you feared somebody could find that piece of paper? > Please help. I have many important documents and pictures inside that > drive. Please use your current fear as impetus for setting up a proper backup solution. Hardware dies, software is buggy, humans make mistakes, catastrophes happen. J. -- I am worried that my dreams pale in comparison beside TV docu-soaps. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://archive.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
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