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v43

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Registered: 2011-02-03

Posts: 140

[solved] VFS: Can't find ext4 filesystem

Hi everybody
I just installed my new SSD, and cloned the old root drive partitions into it.
well, not exactly cloned: since the ssd is smaller, I first created the partition table on the SSD, and then running arch live I copied everything from each partition to its new clone, using the command:

rsync -vx /mnt/oldpart /mnt/newpart

Also I set the fstab and bootloader (refind) options according to the new configuration.
It might be worth mentioning that I disabled swap partition (swapoff /dev/sda2) and enabled a swap file in the root partition. I worked nicely just before switching to the new drive.

When I booted the system I got this error 3 times:

EXT4-fs (loop0): VFS: Can't find ext4 filesystem

which I don't understand, as the filesystem is actually there.
also I got:

FAT-fs (loop0): Unrecognized mount option "swap" or missing value

what might be the causes?
thank you

Last edited by v43 (2013-04-30 18:22:02)

Kooothor

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From: Paname

Registered: 2008-08-02

Posts: 226

Re: [solved] VFS: Can't find ext4 filesystem

What does your /etc/fstab looks like ?

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ktr

v43

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Registered: 2011-02-03

Posts: 140

Re: [solved] VFS: Can't find ext4 filesystem

voilà

# 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>					<dir>		<type>		<options>				<dump>	<pass>

# /dev/sda3
UUID=fe28ca89-906a-462c-ad58-81cb24c96ff1	/		ext4 		rw,noatime,discard,data=ordered		1	1

# /dev/sdc1 LABEL=DOC
# http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-manual/
UUID=92ACD690ACD66E6B				/mnt/docs/	ntfs-3g		rw,relatime,usermapping=.NTFS-3G/UserMapping,inherit,hide_dot_files,big_writes,utf8	0	0

# /dev/sdc2 LABEL=BACKUP
UUID=e0ab0621-d4b9-46ea-8aa7-3c4a1af1f3de	/mnt/docs/backup/1155ARCH/ ext4	rw,relatime,data=ordered		0	0

# /dev/sdb2 LABEL=VID
UUID=BED677A9D6776117				/mnt/vids/	ntfs-3g		rw,relatime,permissions,hide_dot_files,windows_names,big_writes,utf8	0	0



# /dev/sda1 #UUID=3E4D-D778
UUID=4127-2B59					/boot/efi	vfat		noatime,codepage=437			0	2

# tmp
tmpfs						/tmp		tmpfs		defaults,noatime,mode=1777,nosuid,size=2G	0	0

# swap
/swapfile					/swapfile	none		swap					0	0

v43

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Registered: 2011-02-03

Posts: 140

Re: [solved] VFS: Can't find ext4 filesystem

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn this was a dumb one!

changed the swap file line to:
/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0

and it worked