Can't boot LINUX anymore

[G9XFTW]

I encrypted my previously non-encrypted linux drive with cryptsetup. The whole drive, not just a partition. I followed this guide up to this command- "sudo cryptsetup --verbose --verify-passphrase luksFormat /dev/sdc"

From my understanding I encrypted the whole drive as I wised, but I can't boot into it. "Insert bootable media" comes up while selecting hdd for boot. The guide focuses more on single partition stuff. How do I get my system working again with the new encryption working?

[Guest]

I don't know a lot about cryptsetup, however you probably encrypted your boot partition, so the UEFI BIOS can no longer recognize it.

You will probably need to remove the current encryption, then encrypt on a partition basis.

 

You might take a look at these

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Removing_system_encryption

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system

You will need a live linux media to boot from.

Edited January 4, 2021 by Nayr438

[G9XFTW]

8 minutes ago, Nayr438 said:

I don't know a lot about cryptsetup, however you probably encrypted your boot partition, so the UEFI BIOS can no longer recognize it.

You might take a look at this https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Removing_system_encryption

You will need a live linux media to boot from.

My drive is formatted and the data is lost. Now I have to sit for hours building it all up again. This stupid guide ffs. Now I'm going to encrypt from the start.

[mahyar]

8 minutes ago, G9XFTW said:

My drive is formatted and the data is lost. Now I have to sit for hours building it all up again. This stupid guide ffs. Now I'm going to encrypt from the start.

and please DONT ENCRYPT EFI BOOT PARTITION   

[G9XFTW]

4 hours ago, mahyar said:

and please DONT ENCRYPT EFI BOOT PARTITION   

Really, fuck me. What was I thinking.

[mahyar]

7 hours ago, G9XFTW said:

Really, fuck me. What was I thinking.

simple YOU WEREN'T THINKING

[THEVERYLOL30]

install windows to it and nerver get this problem again

[G9XFTW]

4 hours ago, mahyar said:

simple YOU WEREN'T THINKING

Here's the actual tutorial. This should be made more apparent to newbies. This solution won't show up in duckduckgo search results. Google does a better job a lot of times.

[G9XFTW]

5 minutes ago, THEVERYLOL30 said:

install windows to it and nerver get this problem again

Heretic!!

[mahyar]

31 minutes ago, THEVERYLOL30 said:

install windows to it and nerver get this problem again

will you shut up

[mahyar]

29 minutes ago, G9XFTW said:

Here's the actual tutorial. This should be made more apparent to newbies. This solution won't show up in duckduckgo search results. Google does a better job a lot of times.

well most linux users (myself included) dont use duckduckgo anyway