[SOLVED] systemd: Failed to mount /boot

Ragnis · 2012-08-31 11:29:32

When I try to boot using systemd, I get an error "Failed to mount /boot".
`systemctl status boot.mount` shows me that it exited with status 32.

Last edited by Ragnis (2012-08-31 15:08:35)

tomegun · 2012-08-31 12:00:00

32 means "mount failure" (so not very helpful). Can you mount it manually? Can you start the mount unit manually? What is your fstab entry?

gilmoreja · 2012-08-31 12:11:13

Did you just upgrade to systemd? Are you using fakeraid? It sounds like it could be similar to the problem I was having if so.

My system was unable to mount a fakeraid array that was listed in fstab at boot, and would dump out to emergency mode (and then wouldn't even give a login prompt).

Problem was fixed by activating dmraid.service (which I overlooked because I wasn't running it as a daemon before).

# systemctl enable dmraid.service

I'm not positive it will solve your issue, though, since it's your boot partition. But give that a shot.

Also, I was seeing reports about systemd having problems mounting fakeraid arrays in fstab by label (which I had also been doing), so go ahead and change it to a proper location (/dev/dm-*) while you're at it.

Ragnis · 2012-08-31 15:07:46

I got it working by removing "codepage=cp437" from the mount options. Is there any harm in removing it and what was this option supposed to do?

Stebalien · 2012-08-31 15:43:31

IIRC, that should have been codepage=437 and it's the default anyways. If you want to know more, `man mount`.

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#1 2012-08-31 11:29:32

[SOLVED] systemd: Failed to mount /boot

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