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Brahma

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Registered: 2024-08-26

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[SOLVED] Timed out waiting for device /dev/disk/by-uuid

Hi all,

thanks for stopping by my post. I am new to Arch(have used other OS's) but whenever I try to boot I am met with the following error message.

Timed out waiting for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/[My-Boot-UID]
Dependency failed for /boot
Dependency failed for Local File Sytem
Dependency failed for System Check on /dev/disk/by-uuid/[My-Boot-UID]

I have pacstrapped kernal, efi tools e.g. as I have found mentioned by others but nothing seems to be resolve my issue.

The following is a screenshot(please forgive me as I am not able to copy just yet until I complete installation) containing my fstab output, error messages, and block devices.
https://imgur.com/a/jI4tIiy

root parition is  /dev/nvme0n1p3, where my boot parition is /dev/nvme0n1p1

please any advice on resolving this issue so that I am not longer booting into emergency mode. If needed I am willing to restart the install process but would like to see if there is any configuration(s) that I have missed. thanks in advance.

-Brahma

Last edited by Brahma (2024-08-27 00:40:23)

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 2,167

Re: [SOLVED] Timed out waiting for device /dev/disk/by-uuid

the disk layout hints dual-boot with windows
also: this error usually means the uuid in fstab is wrong

cloverskull

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Registered: 2018-09-30

Posts: 277

Re: [SOLVED] Timed out waiting for device /dev/disk/by-uuid

Can you chroot in and show your boot config, mkinitcpio.conf, and fstab?

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] Timed out waiting for device /dev/disk/by-uuid

root parition is  /dev/nvme0n1p3, where my boot parition is /dev/nvme0n1p1

You can use the `file` command on the kernel image in /boot/ on /dev/nvme0n1p1 and compare that to the content of /usr/lib/modules/ on /dev/nvme0n1p3 — if the two do not match then you need to re-install the kernel with the /boot/ partition correctly mounted.

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Brahma

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Registered: 2024-08-26

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Timed out waiting for device /dev/disk/by-uuid

thanks, guys, for your response.  I have found this morning once I woke up that I had switched my file system for my boot drive(/dev/nvme0n1p1) to FAT32 with mkfs.fat since I am using UEFI( correct me if I shouldn't be doing this?) but anyways I switched file systems after configuring my fstab which ultimately changed my boot partitions uuid which did not match the same as the uuid listed in my fstab file located /etc/fstab. after generating new fstab I was able to boot.

thanks again

silly mistake

next time I will rtfm! still glad to make some of my first post on the forum regardless

Brahma

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Registered: 2024-08-26

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Re: [SOLVED] Timed out waiting for device /dev/disk/by-uuid

I am not sure how to mark resolved because I am new the forum but if anybody with the authority to please mark this as resolved.

thanks.