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tonysala

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Registered: 2022-07-11

Posts: 3

[SOLVED] System boot issue. mount: /new_root: Can't find UUID=

I'm moving the SSD with my arch installation to a new PC and on boot I'm seeing this error:

Starting version 251.6-2-arch
ERROR: device 'UUID={uuid}' not found. skipping fsck.
mount: /new_root: Can't find UUID={uuid}.
You are now being dropped to an emergency shell.
sh. can't access tty; job control turned off

I don't have the old pc as that is off being repaired, but I have a arch live USB to boot from but I don't know where to start to solve this, any help is appreciated!

Last edited by tonysala (2022-10-31 15:15:19)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,729

Re: [SOLVED] System boot issue. mount: /new_root: Can't find UUID=

Boot the fallback initramfs

Or just mount everything, chroot in, and regenerate the initramfs'. You'll need to regenerate them anyway after booting the fallback, the problem is that the default initramfs only includes drivers for the system it was generated on.

Last edited by Scimmia (2022-10-31 13:05:21)

tonysala

Member

Registered: 2022-07-11

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] System boot issue. mount: /new_root: Can't find UUID=

Boot the fallback initramfs

Or just mount everything, chroot in, and regenerate the initramfs'. You'll need to regenerate them anyway after booting the fallback, the problem is that the default initramfs only includes drivers for the system it was generated on.

Thanks! This is exactly what I needed, I have to remove some nvidia drivers which were stopping me from booting into my wm. But that's a problem for another day!