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hay

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Registered: 2022-12-13

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[SOLVED] Error when booting: Dependency failed for File System Check

Hi,

Back to arch with a new install. This time I decided to add LVM and encryption, and behold, new problems arise.

Ok, let's see what we have to work with;

When booting I get the following message:

[ TIME ] Timed out waiting for device /dev/mapper/ArchVolume-root.
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for Initrd root device
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for /sysroot
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for Initrd Root File System
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for File System Check on /dev/mapper/ArchVolume-root

I have tried to follow the wiki per usual, but @ one step I can't figure out where to configure a command.
LVM on LUKS wiki mentions

In order to unlock the encrypted root partition at boot, the following kernel parameter needs to be set by the boot loader:

cryptdevice=UUID=device-UUID:cryptlvm root=/dev/MyVolGroup/root

I tried to enter this into the GRUB menu when pressing "e" with no luck.

Further on, I found this thread which mentions an /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf file, which I don't understand how to generate.

Also, I tried using dracut

dracut --hostonly --no-hostonly-cmdline /boot/initramfs-linux-hardened.img

But I got error message

dracut: Cannot find module directory /lib/modules/6.4.7-arch1-1

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Last edited by hay (2023-08-25 22:12:14)

twelveeighty

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From: Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2011-09-04

Posts: 1,096

Re: [SOLVED] Error when booting: Dependency failed for File System Check

What was the *exact* value for device-UUID that you used in the 'cryptdevice' line you quoted?

hay

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Registered: 2022-12-13

Posts: 8

Re: [SOLVED] Error when booting: Dependency failed for File System Check

What was the *exact* value for device-UUID that you used in the 'cryptdevice' line you quoted?

Just to be clear i added the following line to then end of the

 setparams 'Arch Linux 

file, which opens when pressing "e" on the grub menu.
From blkid i get:

/dev/nvme0n1p5 UUID="8eba1b7d-7850-4ee6-87e8-2d827b70e5fc" TYPE="crypto_LUKS" PARTUUID="133e260d-df64-473f-a770-0a787df16419"

Among my attempts I've tried

cryptdevice=UUID=8eba1b7d-7850-4ee6-87e8-2d827b70e5fc:cryptlvm root=/dev/mapper/ArchVolume-root/root

cryptdevice=UUID="8eba1b7d-7850-4ee6-87e8-2d827b70e5fc":cryptlvm root=/dev/mapper/ArchVolume-root/root

Update, due to my hooks

HOOKS=(base systemd autodetect modconf kms keyboard sd-vconsole block sd-encrypt lvm2 filesystems fsck) 

I have also tried these,

 rd.luks.name=8eba1b7d-7850-4ee6-87e8-2d827b70e5fc=cryptlvm root=/dev/ArchVolume/root 

 rd.luks.name=8eba1b7d-7850-4ee6-87e8-2d827b70e5fc=cryptlvm root=/dev/ArchVolume

By the way, I have to manually enter these lines each attempt so there is a chance that I might have typed wrong. Shouldn't they be put in a config file and persist?

I guess it is wrong to trype with /dev/mapper/ since that does not get opened before entering the passphrase?

hay

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Registered: 2022-12-13

Posts: 8

Re: [SOLVED] Error when booting: Dependency failed for File System Check

No longer need help, installed without encryption and everything went good. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the wiki.

2ManyDogs

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Registered: 2012-01-15

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Re: [SOLVED] Error when booting: Dependency failed for File System Check

Please remember to mark your thread [SOLVED] (edit the title of your first post).