Timed out waiting for device /dev/sda,,,,,,

pnexma · 2022-02-25 13:48:14

I know there have been other topics like this posted, but none of those answers seem to work for me? I would assume it has something to do with the fact that there are duplicates in this /etc/fstab, but I don't know what I can safely remove and what will cause my system to stop booting...

# Static information about the filesystems.
# See fstab(5) for details.

# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /dev/sda3
UUID=833290b3-f2b1-4baa-b473-5a17bca6bde7       /               ext4            rw,relatime     0 1

# /dev/sda2
UUID=218bd75e-c495-48e0-9a39-7d6da8def643       none            swap            defaults        0 0

# /dev/sda3
UUID=833290b3-f2b1-4baa-b473-5a17bca6bde7       /               ext4            rw,relatime     0 1

# /dev/sda2
UUID=599df9e3-44da-4478-87d9-428134425a23       none            swap            defaults        0 0

# /dev/sda3
UUID=833290b3-f2b1-4baa-b473-5a17bca6bde7       /               ext4            rw,relatime     0 1

# /dev/sda2
UUID=cee14022-5a6e-4c21-ba8e-e0f361f1201d       none            swap            defaults        0 0

(I don't see my boot partition here?)

lsblk -fs
NAME  FSTYPE   FSVER LABEL UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 squashfs 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/bare/5
loop1 squashfs 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core18/2284
loop2 squashfs 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/161
loop3 squashfs 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/gtk-common-themes/1519
loop4 squashfs 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/snapd/14978
loop5 squashfs 4.0                                                    0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/spotify/57
sda1  vfat     FAT32       6759-690C
`-sda
sda2  swap     1           cc646d1b-9d15-4eb5-9815-832743f2500d
`-sda
sda3  ext4     1.0         833290b3-f2b1-4baa-b473-5a17bca6bde7  834.7G     2% /
`-sda
sr0

(Is it normal for /var/lib/snapd/snap files to all be in here?)

If any other info is needed, please let me know I would be happy to provide it.

Last edited by pnexma (2022-02-25 13:53:22)

seth · 2022-02-25 14:09:34

The sda3 lines are exact duplicates, you can remove two of same.
As for the swap sda2 *NONE* matches the actual partition UUID cc646d1b-9d15-4eb5-9815-832743f2500d so remove two of them and fix the UUID for the third.

If that doesn't solve your problem, please post the exact message (I assume it's not verbatim "sda,,,,,,", right?)

SweepingBishops · 2022-02-25 14:31:30

Another way is to install the 'arch-install-scripts' package. This gives all the scripts that were there in the arch iso.
The one you want is genfstab.

After installing the package, mount all your partitions manually where you want them. In your case mount sda1 to /boot or /boot/efi; whichever you use.
Do a

# swapon /dev/sda2

Your root partition is already mounted(according to your post).
After this delete all lines in your fstab except the first two comments(nothing bad will happen if you delete the comments as well).
Then run

# genfstab -U / >> /etc/fstab

The problem that occured with you is probably that you ran genfstab multiple times during your installation.

P.S: you might need to reinstall grub as well(or whichever bootloader you use.)

Last edited by SweepingBishops (2022-02-25 14:34:30)

pnexma · 2022-02-25 15:16:45

seth wrote:

The sda3 lines are exact duplicates, you can remove two of same.
As for the swap sda2 *NONE* matches the actual partition UUID cc646d1b-9d15-4eb5-9815-832743f2500d so remove two of them and fix the UUID for the third.
If that doesn't solve your problem, please post the exact message (I assume it's not verbatim "sda,,,,,,", right?)

Thank you for the suggestion, I'll try this as soon as I get back to my PC, I didn't have time to take a picture of/write down the full message, because I had to leave for classes... This actually makes a lot of sense, and I probably should have spent more time trying to fix this myself. I'll mark as solved as soon as I get this working (I assume it will), Thank you again!!

Edit: By chance do you know why 'nano /etc/fstab' doesn't have my boot partition listed? Or why it doesn't need to be there if it doesn't? I'm very new to arch.

Last edited by pnexma (2022-02-25 15:19:15)

Trilby · 2022-02-25 15:49:34

pnexma wrote:

By chance do you know why 'nano /etc/fstab' doesn't have my boot partition listed? Or why it doesn't need to be there if it doesn't? I'm very new to arch.

I gather you mean your efi-system-partition or ESP which is the vfat filesystem. Depending on which boot manager you use, and how it's configured, there may not be a need for the esp to normally be mounted anywhere at all. Some people favor not generally mounting the esp (I am not one of these people though). However, it may need to be mounted for changes / updates to the boot manager boot code. Or in other configurations, it will need to be mounted for kernel updates or you could end up with trouble.

So this all depends on how your boot manager is configured and what your goals are. But you should definitely clarify this all - at least for yourself - to ensure it is reasonable for your esp to remain unmounted.

Last edited by Trilby (2022-02-25 15:50:10)

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#1 2022-02-25 13:48:14

Timed out waiting for device /dev/sda,,,,,,

#2 2022-02-25 14:09:34

Re: Timed out waiting for device /dev/sda,,,,,,

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Re: Timed out waiting for device /dev/sda,,,,,,

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