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    Encrypted Kali install - shred ssd now stuck at initramfs?

    B9E598F1-CE96-42C4-960F-581D1AB6BEDB.jpgSo, 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.
    Last edited by p4nda_3yez; 2019-02-21 at 23:01.

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    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.

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