Unable to Mount Unrecognized -- One or more block devices are holding /dev/dm-0

I have installed Kali Linux dualboot alongside Windows 7. I used an encrypted install. When I select Kali Linux from grub and I boot it up and try to mount my 102GB encrypted partition it asks me for authentication. When I put in my password it gives me this error "Unable to Mount Unrecognized -- One or more block devices are holding /dev/dm". Can anyone help me out?

Also when I start up my computer and I boot Kali Linux sometimes it can't find the group volumes and it gets stuck searching for them. I have to reboot my computer a few times until it finally finds them and asks me for my passphrase. Is there anyway I can add persistance or something so that it finds the volumes every time? Sorry I am a new linux user just started using it about 2 weeks ago but I am learning fast. Thanks for any help it is much appreciated.

I have the same problem. I am able to boot, create users, but my Encrypted partition shows up as:

15GB Unrecognized. Authenticating an attempt to mount it results in the error that "One or more block devices are holding /dev/dm-0"

I created my install on a usb with using the process documented here.

I had problems getting the crypttab setup; there is another extended thread on that here. My problem with that; however, was that the UUID in Crypttab was correct; but there was an errant entry that had to be corrected in fstab.

My output for sudo dmsetup info is:

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jkali_admin@kali:~$ sudo dmsetup info
[sudo] password for jkali_admin:
Name:              sdd3_crypt
State:            ACTIVE
Read Ahead:        256
Tables present:    LIVE
Open count:        2
Event number:      0
Major, minor:      254, 0
Number of targets: 1
UUID: CRYPT-LUKS1-01cf6130cf5b42e19016f929a320a908-sdd3_crypt

Name:              kali-swap_1
State:            ACTIVE
Read Ahead:        256
Tables present:    LIVE
Open count:        2
Event number:      0
Major, minor:      254, 2
Number of targets: 1
UUID: LVM-mUhKpTZxomUcwiRo7iBSGlsVyfHrEwQAEZLN8U7fJvaQgD4ADFn89DsHJzZucnY2

Name:              kali-root
State:            ACTIVE
Read Ahead:        256
Tables present:    LIVE
Open count:        1
Event number:      0
Major, minor:      254, 1
Number of targets: 1
UUID: LVM-mUhKpTZxomUcwiRo7iBSGlsVyfHrEwQAJ6HftLVFBfQ5QMIRCDRgHe7dc8E4vV4P

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My output for sudo blkid is:

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jkali_admin@kali:~$ sudo blkid
/dev/mapper/kali-swap_1: UUID="290d1a0c-bd39-47ad-9b1a-bf88f8e1c848" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="EFI" UUID="67E3-17ED" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda3: UUID="fc6d6490-78f3-30b9-90d5-b6f01b4bada7" LABEL="Recovery HD" TYPE="hfsplus"
/dev/sda4: LABEL="BOOTCAMP" UUID="823C122B3C121AAD" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/mapper/sdd3_crypt: UUID="C0fF2F-wcvZ-Y249-Vgcv-Xpb7-oasO-s6OHst" TYPE="LVM2_member"
/dev/mapper/kali-root: UUID="5da44f46-8866-4db1-91fc-7a521a55971d" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdc2: UUID="D5CA-CE95" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sdc3: UUID="01cf6130-cf5b-42e1-9016-f929a320a908" TYPE="crypto_LUKS"

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When I check my crypttab, the uuid seems to match my /dev/sdd3 (which is my encrypted partition):

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jkali_admin@kali:~$ nano /etc/crypttab


kali-root  UUID=01cf6130-cf5b-42e1-9016-f929a320a908 none luks

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What seems to be wrong, and it took looking at it graphically via DiskUtility for it to 'click' is that the usb device & the encrypted partition are both showing the 15gb partition device mapper at /dev/dm-0:

This shows the Encrypted Partition Unlocked:

http://i.imgur.com/vZUaSel.png

This shows the encrypted lvm holding a 15 GB /dev/dm-0

http://i.imgur.com/H2Pt0qN.png

These, however, show the same 15gb mapped at the drive level and at locations /dev/dm-1 & /dev/dm-0 respectively.

http://i.imgur.com/MwArXb6.png

http://i.imgur.com/xjJKCBV.png


I'm thinking this is a mapping problem, but I'm not sure exactly how to go about fixing it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!