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p4nda_3yez
2019-02-20, 20:11
3330So, I ran a encrypted install of Kali 4.18 on my 2010 MacBook with a ssd,then I decided to reinstall Debian,and run Kali in a virtual box, I figured a shredding The drive would do fine
to start a reinstall of my Debian9, I have done this before (not with encrypted drive )
But this Didnt go well , now upon start up it loads into Kali grub I think

Failed to connect to lvmetad
volume group not found
Cannot process volume group
Failed to connect to encrypted source device
cannot unlock sda3_crypt
uuid=
Check cyrptopts =source=bootarg: cat proc/cmdline
Or missing modules , devices: cat /proc/modules/; ls /dev

Then it drops into. Busy box. V1.27.2

Initramfs

So did I just ruin a ssd ? Can I reinstall from here? Is reformatting the drive an option? Is there anything I can do here?
I apologize for starting a new thread but I looked everywhere, I?m probably the first person
that has done this.

p4nda_3yez
2019-02-21, 23:18
No worries here, I reformatted the drive by putting it into recovery mode
using disk Utility. Going to reinstall Debian now, putting Kali in a virtual box and keeping
a live usb W/persistence.