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naymmmiscool

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[SOLVED] linux-zen fails to mount root whilst booting

So, when I attempt to boot using linux-zen, it errors with;

mount: /new_root: unknown filesystem type: 'ext4'

My kernel boot params are:

rw root=PARTUUID=5f7fc395-1f85-4592-a081-896cf0fbc294 pcie_acs_override=downstream,multifunction splash quiet video=efifb:off iommu=pt

I am using rEFInd.
My lsblk -f output is;

NAME        FSTYPE  FSVER            LABEL       UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda                                                                                                  
├─sda1      ext4    1.0                          be5f6419-8ab7-4c87-a29b-1633dc972717    155G    24% /
└─sda2      vfat    FAT32                        D936-3200                             927.5M    42% /boot
sdb                                                                                                  
├─sdb1                                                                                               
└─sdb2      ntfs                     Data        D0E8F00DE8EFEFA0                      402.7G    10% /mnt/D0E8F00DE8EFEFA0
sdc         iso9660 Joliet Extension ARCH_202409 2024-09-01-12-40-01-00                              
├─sdc1      iso9660 Joliet Extension ARCH_202409 2024-09-01-12-40-01-00                              
└─sdc2      vfat    FAT32            ARCHISO_EFI 66D4-60A1                                           
nvme0n1                                                                                              
├─nvme0n1p1 vfat    FAT32                        9C9A-729F                                           
├─nvme0n1p2                                                                                          
├─nvme0n1p3 ntfs                     Windows     24AE9C60AE9C2BF4                                    
└─nvme0n1p4 ntfs                                 66DC3064DC303123  

Fyi, my regular "linux" kernel works perfectly fine, when I try to boot zen it boots me to the rescue shell and my USB devices are powered off.
uname -a output:

Linux insanity 6.11.4-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 17 Oct 2024 20:53:41 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

(I cannot get the uname of the zen kernel due to the fact I can't even access the rescue shell.)
I am using secure boot with shim, rEFInd yet again with MokManager.

Last edited by naymmmiscool (2024-10-21 11:00:40)

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gromit

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Re: [SOLVED] linux-zen fails to mount root whilst booting

Could you try to regenerate it's initramfs (sudo mkinitcpio -p linux-zen) or reinstall it entirely (sudo pacman -S linux-zen) whilst being booted from the non-zen kernel?

Last edited by gromit (2024-10-21 10:31:39)

naymmmiscool

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Re: [SOLVED] linux-zen fails to mount root whilst booting

Still has the same error.

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gromit

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Re: [SOLVED] linux-zen fails to mount root whilst booting

I think this old forum post might be about a similar issue:

I recall seeing this when I had updated the kernel (vmlinuz and init images), but forgot to copy them to the folder refind was booting the stub from i..e refind booted an out of date stub. Might be worth checking if you have forgotten something when you mastered the ISO

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=212129

Last edited by gromit (2024-10-21 10:52:02)

naymmmiscool

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Re: [SOLVED] linux-zen fails to mount root whilst booting

It wasn't that, but I forgot to include 'linux-zen' inside refind.conf's "extra kernel version strings" setting. Now it works!

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