open_crypted_logical_volume manual ================================== 1. to activate crypted Volume open LUKS device as mapping # name eg. LapTop-1 ( LapTop-1 = in crypted volume /dev/sda7 ) cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda7 LapTop-1 ( asks for passphrase ) 2. shows / activates all LogicalVolumes vgchange -ay -v 3. scans all diks for VolumeGroups and rebuild caches vgscan -v 3a. reports information about VolumeGroups vgs -av 3b. check VolumeGroup metadate vgck -v [VolumeGroupName] 3c. to show LogicalVolumes in VolumeGroup "LapTop-1": ls /dev/LapTop-1 # (answer: root swap) 4. mount crypted LogicalVolume: mount -v -t ext3 /dev/LapTop-1/root /media/tst