Help request: upgrade failed, locked out at decryption passphrase
11-25-2021, 06:12 AM
Sorry for getting this up again, I'm moving little steps forward and keep updating the thread to make this useful to other unexperienced guys like me.
I managed to use Jumpdrive to make a backup (at least) of my home mobian directory and other folders I can copy without permissions problems.
Before starting a fresh new installation process, by flashing the eMMC pinephone, which I suppose will completely erase the disk let me loosing all configs and settings, I read on the wiki:
Do you think I can "easily" save all my stuff by mounting rootfs? and if so, how I can achieve this? I'm connected via Usb cable to my debian laptop.
Once I messed up my debian laptop too with a similar issue, but on laptop was much easier to restore the System and save all my stored files.
Thank you to anyone who want to give me a tip.
P.s.
Just because I missed to introduce myself before. I'm not a programmer by myself. I'm just a web designer and Open Source enthusiast. If you ask me about web design I can help, but I'm not a linux developer. I was also a researcher at University (long time ago) and I was very interested in the Open Source as a model for a new economy environment. This is why I keep interest in the Pine64 project as a community-driven company.
So my knowledge in tech is quite limited (and math is not my cup of tea), but I don't want to keep my knowledge just theoretical: I need to use and play with this stuff. Of course I do such big mistakes...
I managed to use Jumpdrive to make a backup (at least) of my home mobian directory and other folders I can copy without permissions problems.
Before starting a fresh new installation process, by flashing the eMMC pinephone, which I suppose will completely erase the disk let me loosing all configs and settings, I read on the wiki:
Quote:Jumpdrive also acts as a rescue image in case if you messed up your installation. To do so, you can telnet to 172.16.42.1, mount rootfs and fix it!
Do you think I can "easily" save all my stuff by mounting rootfs? and if so, how I can achieve this? I'm connected via Usb cable to my debian laptop.
Once I messed up my debian laptop too with a similar issue, but on laptop was much easier to restore the System and save all my stored files.
Thank you to anyone who want to give me a tip.
P.s.
Just because I missed to introduce myself before. I'm not a programmer by myself. I'm just a web designer and Open Source enthusiast. If you ask me about web design I can help, but I'm not a linux developer. I was also a researcher at University (long time ago) and I was very interested in the Open Source as a model for a new economy environment. This is why I keep interest in the Pine64 project as a community-driven company.
So my knowledge in tech is quite limited (and math is not my cup of tea), but I don't want to keep my knowledge just theoretical: I need to use and play with this stuff. Of course I do such big mistakes...
