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Schura

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Registered: 2022-02-21

Posts: 6

[Solved] failed to mount /boot after linux upgrade

After a basic sudo pacman -Syu execution, my Arch boots into an emergency mode and show this:

[FAILED] Failed mount /boot
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for Local File Systems
You are in emergency node. After logging in, type "journalctl -xb" to view system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, or "exit" to continue bootup. 
Give root password for maintenance Cor press Control-D to continue):

The output of journalctl -xb is the following https://0x0.st/X-vW.txt. The bothering lines probably are:

░░ A start job for unit boot.mount has begun execution.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 43.
Apr 14 18:14:53 lpt mount[330]: mount: /boot: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'.
Apr 14 18:14:53 lpt mount[330]:        dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
Apr 14 18:14:53 lpt systemd[1]: boot.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited, status=32/n/a
░░ Subject: Unit process exited
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ An n/a= process belonging to unit boot.mount has exited.
░░ 
░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 32.
Apr 14 18:14:53 lpt systemd[1]: boot.mount: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ The unit boot.mount has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
Apr 14 18:14:53 lpt systemd[1]: Failed to mount /boot.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit boot.mount has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit boot.mount has finished with a failure.

I've read threads on this topic and it seems like the issue lies on incorrect mountpoint of /boot or bad kernel most of the time. I've reinstalled linux linux-firmware numerious times both with pacstrap & through arch-chroot. And here are other data concerning mountpoints I should probably show...

fstab

# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>

/swapfile          none  swap  defaults  0  0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=FC82-6CCC        /boot       vfat        rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro  0 2

# /dev/sda2
UUID=d878152c-8459-4afd-acba-4be683f33242  /           ext4        rw,relatime  0 1

mkinicpio.conf

lsblk -f

NAME   FSTYPE FSVER LABEL        UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda                                                                                  
├─sda1 vfat   FAT32              FC82-6CCC                                           
└─sda2 ext4   1.0                d878152c-8459-4afd-acba-4be683f33242   54.2G    83% /
sdb                                                                                  
├─sdb1 ntfs         Восстановить E4DC958FDC955C9C                                    
├─sdb2 vfat   FAT32              DC96-85C0                                           
├─sdb3                                                                               
└─sdb4 ntfs                      3882A013829FD3AA                                    

Currently my wlan0 does not get recognized from the emergency mode, so I use Arch live USB to handle this issue.
I would appreciate any help, because right now, after a whole day of research, I'm definetely stuck with this issue.

Best regards,
Shura

Last edited by Schura (2024-04-15 13:39:15)

Schura

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Registered: 2022-02-21

Posts: 6

Re: [Solved] failed to mount /boot after linux upgrade

this thread essentially fixed my issue
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=285144

Last edited by Schura (2024-04-27 19:55:59)