[SOLVED] Systemd stuck at "Starting File system check"

janpansa · 2015-02-23 07:17:29

Hi all

Backstory

My hardware:

Mobo: Gigabyte X99 2011v3 with UEFI and dual bios.
GFX: MSI GTX 970 4GB Gaming OC
HDD: Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SSD
CPU: intel 5820k

I have been using arch for about 2 years now. I recently bought new hardware, Gigabyte X99 motherboard uefi dual bios. I have tried a couple of times to install arch the old way, i.e. legacy mode or normal bios mode, however after a successful install, when I reboot my bios says "Select Proper Boot Device". Then I decided to put everything in UEFI mode and install arch using the uefi install disc. At first, I was not very successful, because I followed the arch wiki to the bone but when it comes to UEFI, instructions are a bit vague. In any case, I managed to install Arch and get uefi to work 100% by using this guide http://jorisvandijk.com/2014/installing … pt-system/ .

Problem

After installing arch successfully using UEFI mode, arch starts booting up, everything shows [OK] at the side, no errors, however, it hangs after a line that reads "Starting File system check ". I am not at home right now, however I thought I could start troubleshooting and maybe get some ideas.

I have tried the following.

- Chrooted back into my arch install using the live cd and mounting my partitions.
- Updated and synced pacman.
- Removed all journal log files.
- reinstalled Systemd.
- rebuilt kernel modules.

none of the above worked. It still hangs at "Starting fiel system check"

Any ideas.

SOLUTION
Solved by using

nolapic

Still had other problems after that, however, the initial problem was solved.

Last edited by janpansa (2015-02-26 20:04:24)

jasonwryan · 2015-02-23 07:26:43

I'm guessing $random_install_guide is, as they always are, either out-of-date or just plain wrong. Use the official documentation if you want to install Arch correctly (and expect support here)...

janpansa · 2015-02-23 07:44:08

@jasonwryan

thx. I will try it again looking only at the arch wiki install guide tonight. Specifically, I seemed to have missed this part https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/be … therboards

Will let you know the outcome. Any other ideas are still welcome.

jasonwryan · 2015-02-23 07:51:36

Taking the time to read through the relevant pages and working through the Beginners' Guide methodically is the best (and only) way to both install Arch and also bed in a sound understanding of how your system is put together. It is an investment that will continue to pay you back as long as you run a Linux/UNIX box.

janpansa · 2015-02-23 07:56:33

Thx !

I have previously used it to install arch, however with my new hardware, there were all sorts of little issues, like I couldn't boot from the live cd if I didnt add boot parameters 'nomodeset nouveau modeset=0' and it seems I missed a small part on the uefi that was clearly stated in the arch wiki. Because of the minor issues I had, I started looking for help on google for people with similar issues and hardware. Seems like I realised now that everything is indeed in the arch wiki. Hopefully it will work tonight.

janpansa · 2015-02-23 18:34:12

jasonwryan wrote:

Taking the time to read through the relevant pages and working through the Beginners' Guide methodically is the best (and only) way to both install Arch and also bed in a sound understanding of how your system is put together. It is an investment that will continue to pay you back as long as you run a Linux/UNIX box.

Hi Jason,

thx for your help so far. I have printed out the Arch beginners install and followed it to the bone and focusing on the UEFI parts. Arch installed without a single error, everything went smooth. Aftwerwards, I exited from the chroot environmount, unmount and reboot and again, it hangs on the startup. This time I took screenshots.

I present to the board, exhibit A, arch starting up after a fresh install :

http://oi61.tinypic.com/2m4x82o.jpg

I now present to the board, exhibit B, arch starting up for a second time, after restarting the pc :

http://oi59.tinypic.com/10ehvki.jpg

Afterwards, I restarted again. Went into bios setup and checked my boot priorities. This is what I saw:

I now present exhibit C, my bios boot options :

http://oi62.tinypic.com/24ys0bd.jpg

I tried all the options listed for my Samsung SSD, with and without UEFI as well as the option that was the default aka Linux boot manage". Each one did exactly the same.

I have a few ideas :
1.) Leave out swap.
2.) Disable fscheck.
3.) I have a feeling that my SSD is reading/writing too fast and that fscheck is having trouble ?

I am now trying option 1. In other words, I am reinstalling arch, again, following the beginners guide to the bone and focusing specifically on the UEFI parts. This time, I am leaving out swap. (I have 16GB of DDR4 memory). I have about a 70% feeling that the outcome will be the same. However, I will be back after that to comment on the outcome. Please leave feedback and help me through this where you can ! Thanks

Last edited by jasonwryan (2015-02-23 19:34:21)

janpansa · 2015-02-23 19:16:16

Ok I am back and I have some news.

1 - I found out that installing arch with or without swap makes no difference at all.

After installing arch again using the beginners install from arch wiki, following that guide to the bone, focusing on the UEFI parts, I had the same issue. Again, arch installed without issues. the ESP boot partition, gummiboot, uefi, everything installed fine with no errors. When I restart, everything boots fine however arch/systemd hangs on boot:

I present to the board, exhibit D, arch starting up after another fresh install, this time without creating a swap :

The options I see before arch starts up. I choose the first option.

https://picoolio.net/images/2015/02/23/ … 705e0b.jpg

thereafter, I see this familiar screen of arch starting up, however hangs at fschk.

Now, I started to try different boot options. First, I tried adding

fastboot

as an option. Supposedly, this disables fschk on boot, however, I got the same issue and it didnt seem like fschk was disables.

Secondly, I tried

acpi=off

exhibit E, boot options with acpi=off

https://picoolio.net/images/2015/02/23/ … 016f43.jpg

Whoo hoo, no more hanging !

I present to you, exhibit F, using acpi=off :

https://picoolio.net/images/2015/02/23/ … 033795.jpg

When I finally get to the login screen, I seem to have no keyboard input. The numlock light is on, I followed the beginners install guide step by step, yet my input does not work and the login screen does not look as it should.

This is where I am now.

I still need to find out what acpi=off does and what I can do to finally get past the login screen and start using arch agian.

Any feedback will be appreciated.

Last edited by jasonwryan (2015-02-23 19:35:08)

jasonwryan · 2015-02-23 19:36:15

Please read the Forum Etiquette and only post thumbnails http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … s_and_Code

janpansa · 2015-02-24 06:03:51

jasonwryan wrote:

Please read the Forum Etiquette and only post thumbnails http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … s_and_Code

Ok sorry for that.

Atleast my problem was solved, even though I have input devices not working, my initial problem is now solved.

If you want to see how I solved this problem, i.e. input devices not working, see this thread https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=194084

Last edited by janpansa (2015-02-25 21:58:00)

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