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Zorin Drive Encryption - Password Error

Edge

Mon May 18, 2020 4:03:36 pm

Hi All,

Newbie here. I installed Zorin Core OS last night on an old Dell E6400 I had lying around. It is the only OS installed on the laptop (replacing Win 7) and the 'live' USB version all worked fine before I installed it. It has 4GB RAM and an 80GB HDD.

During the OS setup options, I had the option to encrypt the drive which I did. Unfortunately, the drive encryption password I chose included a Hashtag (#).

Installation completed fine, but on restarting the laptop, I am unable to get into the OS as the drive encryption password is deemed incorrect! :o

The keyboard settings I selected were English (UK). I can only assume the Keyboard settings were different in the initial setup stage and that the hashtag I entered is actually a different keyboard character altogether!

I've tried different keyboard keys (e.g. Shift + 2, Shift + #, Shift and @) to replicate what it could be but to no avail.

So assuming I'm right and that I've entered a different character, I have three questions:

- Does anyone know what the default keyboard layout is for the setup page when English is selected?
- Does anyone know what other keyboard character it could be since the UK '#' key is deemed incorrect?
- Failing the above, what is the best way to remove encryption from the drive and start again?

Many thanks!

Swarfendor437

Mon May 18, 2020 8:32:09 pm

Hi, perhaps this article might help:

https://alvinalexander.com/linux-unix/h ... word-luks/

The default keyboard is English US - you should have seen that during installation setup. # in US is above number 3.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_a ... _keyboards