[SOLVED] Unable to Mount Partitions

umair · 2023-09-29 06:27:26

Hi there,

I wanted to increase my SWAP disk, so I deleted the previous one and created a new SWAP file using wiki.
After that I won't be able to run OS as the entry for that swap (Deleted one) was present inside the /etc/fstab file.
I removed that line and the OS started booting normally.

But, after that I am unable to mount any other partition, either it's ntfs/ext4 or whatever.

Error: Failed to mount “Partition name.”
Not Authorized to perform operation.

Thanks in advance for your response.

Last edited by umair (2023-09-30 04:46:19)

seth · 2023-09-29 07:40:47

Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855
Post the actual IO (command you enter and response of the system) and your current fstab.

umair · 2023-09-29 08:32:53

Sorry I posted for the first time here.

Here is the ouput of lsblk:
❯ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 7:0 0 4K 1 loop /var/lib/snapd/snap/bare/5
/var/lib/snapd/snap/bare/5
loop1 7:1 0 55.7M 1 loop /var/lib/snapd/snap/core18/2790
/var/lib/snapd/snap/core18/2790
loop2 7:2 0 73.9M 1 loop /var/lib/snapd/snap/core22/864
/var/lib/snapd/snap/core22/864
loop3 7:3 0 66.6M 1 loop /var/lib/snapd/snap/cups/980
/var/lib/snapd/snap/cups/980
loop4 7:4 0 164.8M 1 loop /var/lib/snapd/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/198
/var/lib/snapd/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/198
loop5 7:5 0 485.5M 1 loop /var/lib/snapd/snap/gnome-42-2204/126
/var/lib/snapd/snap/gnome-42-2204/126
loop6 7:6 0 91.7M 1 loop /var/lib/snapd/snap/gtk-common-themes/1535
/var/lib/snapd/snap/gtk-common-themes/1535
loop7 7:7 0 40.8M 1 loop /var/lib/snapd/snap/snapd/20092
/var/lib/snapd/snap/snapd/20092
loop8 7:8 0 85M 1 loop /var/lib/snapd/snap/superproductivity/1737
/var/lib/snapd/snap/superproductivity/1737
loop9 7:9 0 83.1M 1 loop /var/lib/snapd/snap/todoist/1256
/var/lib/snapd/snap/todoist/1256
sda 8:0 0 447.1G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 16M 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 196.1G 0 part
├─sda3 8:3 0 16G 0 part
├─sda4 8:4 0 1G 0 part /mnt
│ /boot
└─sda5 8:5 0 233G 0 part /var/lib/snapd/snap
/
sdb 8:16 0 465.8G 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17 0 172.8G 0 part
├─sdb2 8:18 0 124.1G 0 part
├─sdb3 8:19 0 243M 0 part
└─sdb4 8:20 0 146.5G 0 part
zram0 254:0 0 3.8G 0 disk [SWAP]

Here are the content of /etc/fstab file.
It does not contain entries for my drive sdb yet.

❯ cat /etc/fstab
# Static information about the filesystems.
# See fstab(5) for details.

# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /dev/sda5
#UUID=36b98f63-b317-44fc-8899-d2c91409e969 / ext4 rw,relatime 0 1
#
# /dev/sda4
#UUID=4378-2C82 /boot vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 2
#
# Swap partition added by me following wiki
#/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0

# UUID=36b98f63-b317-44fc-8899-d2c91409e969
/dev/sda5 / ext4 rw,relatime 0 1

/var/lib/snapd/snap /var/lib/snapd/snap none rw,bind 0 0

/dev/loop0 /var/lib/snapd/snap/bare/5 squashfs ro,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,threads=single 0 0

/dev/loop1 /var/lib/snapd/snap/core18/2790 squashfs ro,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,threads=single 0 0

/dev/loop4 /var/lib/snapd/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/198 squashfs ro,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,threads=single 0 0

/dev/loop3 /var/lib/snapd/snap/cups/980 squashfs ro,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,threads=single 0 0

/dev/loop5 /var/lib/snapd/snap/gnome-42-2204/126 squashfs ro,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,threads=single 0 0

/dev/loop6 /var/lib/snapd/snap/gtk-common-themes/1535 squashfs ro,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,threads=single 0 0

/dev/loop2 /var/lib/snapd/snap/core22/864 squashfs ro,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,threads=single 0 0

/dev/loop7 /var/lib/snapd/snap/snapd/20092 squashfs ro,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,threads=single 0 0

/dev/loop8 /var/lib/snapd/snap/superproductivity/1737 squashfs ro,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,threads=single 0 0

/dev/loop9 /var/lib/snapd/snap/todoist/1256 squashfs ro,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,threads=single 0 0