Here's my situation now: I finally installed Mint 19.1 and during installation I think I selected Encrypt something and entered passwords. Now I can't access Mint 19.1. I get a message that says: Please unlock Disk and the following sda3_crypt.
I tied entering passwords I selected and even those characters but cannot get in. Can you help?
Can't Access Linux Mint 19.1
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aakk
Can't Access Linux Mint 19.1
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Re: Can't Access Linux Mint 19.1
The quickest and easiest thing to do is clean install without encryption, and use VeraCrypt to protect things you want to keep away from prying eyes. Once you're more familiar with linux, then try encryption, after backing everything up.aakk wrote: ⤴Tue Mar 19, 2019 10:33 am Here's my situation now: I finally installed Mint 19.1 and during installation I think I selected Encrypt something and entered passwords. Now I can't access Mint 19.1. I get a message that says: Please unlock Disk and the following sda3_crypt.
I tied entering passwords I selected and even those characters but cannot get in. Can you help?
"There is, ultimately, only one truth -- cogito, ergo sum -- everything else is an assumption." - Me, my swansong.
Re: Can't Access Linux Mint 19.1
You don't need to get into the current installation. You can just repeat the installation, and this time, avoid choosing the encryption option that you chose before..
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