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aminepro

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[SOLVED]vconsole stops the sysyem from booting

https://jumpshare.com/s/IO0DcZ6Ho6jCUYAH6aVS

I'm sure that I have vconsole correctly configured

Last edited by aminepro (2026-07-11 20:12:46)

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Re: [SOLVED]vconsole stops the sysyem from booting

The problem is the missing disk, not the vconsole setup.
From the install iso check "lsblk -f" and make sure the UUID there is actually correct.
Possibly https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=312403

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aminepro

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Re: [SOLVED]vconsole stops the sysyem from booting

that was the problem, I got uuids from fdisk -l -o uuid . I saw this in fdisk's man page, but it seems no one uses it in the internet (at least what google provides me with)

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Re: [SOLVED]vconsole stops the sysyem from booting

I got uuids from fdisk -l -o uuid . I saw this in fdisk's man page

Your problem is that there a many "things" on Linux that you could reference with a "uuid" ;-)

From above fdisk output you get (correctly) the UUIDs for the **partition**
But your boot failed cause via /etc/fstab UUID requires the unique id for the **filesystem**. These are shown ex. with: lsblk -f

To understand better compare

fdisk -l -o +UUID

vs.

lsblk -f

The **partition** UUIDs for ex. could be used to create a filesystem on this unique identifier, regardless to which blockdevice name (/dev/sdXY) it currently belongs.
ex:

ls -l /dev/disk-by-partuuid/

(could be used as: mkfs.ext4 /dev/disk-by-partuuid/THE_PART_ID)

Instead:

ls -l dev/disk/by-uuid/

shows all **FILESYSTEM** UUIDs, needed ex. for mount UUID=what

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Re: [SOLVED]vconsole stops the sysyem from booting

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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aminepro

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Re: [SOLVED]vconsole stops the sysyem from booting

sorry for late reply but I've been on another problem on the same partition, sorry for not returning to this thread earlier
So, that partition when I needed it today it couldn't boot with this log  https://paste.c-net.org/TenantsSphere which says couldn't mount /boot
I used this cool command to grab the log

journalctl -root=/mnt -b 0 | curl -s --upload-file - 'https://paste.c.org #/mnt is where the root of the failed to boot installation 

there partition was booting just fine but no not.
I'm believe that the configuration is right I gave it is right, I hope it is I want to learn something new.
here are my configuration files:

cat /mnt/etc/fstab ; sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot ;echo "##############"; cat /mnt/boot/loader/entries/archjp.conf ;echo "##########"; lsblk -fs /dev/sda1
# Static information about the filesystems.
# See fstab(5) for details.

# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /dev/nvme0n1p7
UUID=a040317a-bdae-402c-bb83-0c72f2ac12f1       /               ext4            rw,relatime     0 1

# /dev/nvme0n1p8
UUID=31af21c0-d9e8-4591-98c5-3c9b6d55d236       /home           ext4            rw,relatime     0 2

# /dev/sda1
UUID=E54A-1FC6          /boot           vfat            rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 2

##############
title   archjp
linux   /vmlinuz-linux
initrd  /initramfs-linux.img
options root=UUID=a040317a-bdae-402c-bb83-0c72f2ac12f1  rw
##########
NAME  FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda1  vfat   FAT32       E54A-1FC6                              58.8M    49% /mnt/boot
│                                                                            /boot
└─sda

aminepro

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Re: [SOLVED]vconsole stops the sysyem from booting

I thought it maybe not a bad idea to continue on this thread
my problem seems similar to this one https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=250411

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Re: [SOLVED]vconsole stops the sysyem from booting

Jul 11 18:54:17 archlinux kernel: Linux version 7.1.3-arch1-2 (linux@archlinux) (gcc (GCC) 16.1.1 20260625, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.46.1) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:55:55 +0000
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Jul 11 18:54:21 koko mount[423]: mount: /boot: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'.
Jul 11 18:54:21 koko mount[423]:        dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
Jul 11 18:54:21 koko kernel: EXT4-fs (nvme0n1p8): mounted filesystem 31af21c0-d9e8-4591-98c5-3c9b6d55d236 r/w with ordered data mode. Quota mode: none.
Jul 11 18:54:21 koko systemd[1]: boot.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited, status=32/n/a
Jul 11 18:54:21 koko systemd[1]: boot.mount: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jul 11 18:54:21 koko systemd[1]: Failed to mount /boot.
Jul 11 18:54:21 koko systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Local File Systems.
Jul 11 18:54:21 koko systemd[1]: local-fs.target: Job local-fs.target/start failed with result 'dependency'.

You're booting the latest kernel but missing the vfat module and there're also files in the /boot mountpoint

From the iso, system root mounted into /mnt

ls /mnt/lib/modules/*/kernel/fs/fat/
pacman --root=/mnt -Qikk linux

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aminepro

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Re: [SOLVED]vconsole stops the sysyem from booting

system root mounted into /mnt

ls /mnt/lib/modules/*/kernel/fs/fat/
pacman --root=/mnt -Qikk linux

ls /mnt/lib/modules/7.0.14-arch1-1/kernel/fs/fat/ ;echo "\n" pacman --root=/mnt -Qikk linux ; pacman --root=/mnt -Qikk linux
fat.ko.zst  msdos.ko.zst  vfat.ko.zst

 pacman --root=/mnt -Qikk linux
Name            : linux
Version         : 7.0.14.arch1-1
Description     : The Linux kernel and modules
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://github.com/archlinux/linux
Licenses        : GPL-2.0-only
Groups          : None
Provides        : KSMBD-MODULE  NTSYNC-MODULE  VIRTUALBOX-GUEST-MODULES  WIREGUARD-MODULE
Depends On      : coreutils  initramfs  kmod
Optional Deps   : linux-headers: headers and scripts for building modules
                  linux-firmware: firmware images needed for some devices [installed]
                  scx-scheds: to use sched-ext schedulers
                  wireless-regdb: to set the correct wireless channels of your country
Required By     : None
Optional For    : base
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : virtualbox-guest-modules-arch  wireguard-arch
Installed Size  : 147.45 MiB
Packager        : Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <heftig@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Sat 27 Jun 2026 04:15:10 PM UTC
Install Date    : Thu 02 Jul 2026 01:17:30 PM UTC
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

linux: 7712 total files, 0 altered files

seth

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Re: [SOLVED]vconsole stops the sysyem from booting

Well, the installed kernel is 7.0.14 but you're booting 7.1.3 - you probably downgraded the kernel but forgot to mount the /boot partition (from the iso/chroot)?
Mount sda1 into /mnt/boot, arch-chroot /mnt and re-install the kernel.
Maybe also clean up the mount point (ie. /mnt/boot before mounting anything there)

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aminepro

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Re: [SOLVED]vconsole stops the sysyem from booting

Maybe, but I didn't downgrade the kernel or anything, also I'm running from another partition another disk, tldr

sda           8:0    0 476.9G  0 disk
├─sda1        8:1    0   117M  0 part /mnt/boot
│                                     /boot
├─sda2        8:2    0    40G  0 part /
├─sda3        8:3    0 146.7G  0 part
└─sda6        8:6    0 290.2G  0 part /home
nvme0n1     259:0    0 476.9G  0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1    0   260M  0 part
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2    0    16M  0 part
├─nvme0n1p3 259:3    0 224.7G  0 part
├─nvme0n1p4 259:4    0     2G  0 part
├─nvme0n1p5 259:5    0    40G  0 part
├─nvme0n1p6 259:6    0   110G  0 part
├─nvme0n1p7 259:7    0    30G  0 part /mnt
└─nvme0n1p8 259:8    0    70G  0 part

I tried updating to the latest kernel but failed:

sudo chroot /mnt /bin/bash
pacman -Syu
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (79) accountsservice-26.27.3-1  archlinux-keyring-20260707.1-1  bluez-5.87-2  bluez-libs-5.87-2  bluez-obex-5.87-2  ffmpeg-2:8.1.2-10  fluidsynth-2.5.6-1  freerdp-2:3.28.0-1  gcc-16.1.1+r346+g4e03491b401d-3  gcc-libs-16.1.1+r346+g4e03491b401d-3  geoclue-2.8.2-1
              glycin-2.1.5-2  glycin-gtk4-2.1.5-2  go-2:1.26.5-1  gst-devtools-libs-1.28.5-1  gst-editing-services-1.28.5-1  gst-plugin-gtk-1.28.5-1  gst-plugins-bad-1.28.5-1  gst-plugins-bad-libs-1.28.5-1  gst-plugins-base-1.28.5-1  gst-plugins-base-libs-1.28.5-1
              gst-plugins-good-1.28.5-1  gst-python-1.28.5-1  gstreamer-1.28.5-1  hwdata-0.409-1  imagemagick-7.1.2.26-2  imlib2-1.12.6-2  libasan-16.1.1+r346+g4e03491b401d-3  libatomic-16.1.1+r346+g4e03491b401d-3  libffi-3.7.1-1  libgcc-16.1.1+r346+g4e03491b401d-3
              libgfortran-16.1.1+r346+g4e03491b401d-3  libgomp-16.1.1+r346+g4e03491b401d-3  libhwasan-16.1.1+r346+g4e03491b401d-3  libical-4.0.3-3  libisl-0.28-1  libjxl-0.12.0-1  liblsan-16.1.1+r346+g4e03491b401d-3  libobjc-16.1.1+r346+g4e03491b401d-3
              libphonenumber-1:9.0.34-1  libquadmath-16.1.1+r346+g4e03491b401d-3  libssh2-1.11.1-6  libstdc++-16.1.1+r346+g4e03491b401d-3  libtsan-16.1.1+r346+g4e03491b401d-3  libubsan-16.1.1+r346+g4e03491b401d-3  libva-2.24.1-1  libxfont2-2.0.8-1  linux-7.1.3.arch1-2
              llvm-libs-22.1.8-1  luajit-2.1.1783773675+3c4f9fe-1  mesa-1:26.1.4-1  mutter-50.3-1  neovim-0.12.4-1  openssh-10.4p1-2  pinentry-1.3.3-1  poppler-26.07.0-1  poppler-glib-26.07.0-1  procps-ng-4.0.6-3  python-shtab-1.8.1-1  python-typing_extensions-4.16.0-1
              tzdata-2026c-1  upower-1.91.3-1  webkit2gtk-4.1-2.52.5-1  webkitgtk-6.0-2.52.5-1  xorg-server-21.1.24-1  xorg-server-common-21.1.24-1  xorg-server-devel-21.1.24-1  xorg-server-src-21.1.24-1  xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.24-1  xorg-server-xnest-21.1.24-1
              xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.24-1  xorg-xkbutils-1.0.7-1  xorg-xlsatoms-1.1.5-1  xorg-xrdb-1.2.3-1  xorg-xrefresh-1.1.1-1  xorg-xset-1.2.6-1  xorg-xsetroot-1.1.4-1  xorg-xwayland-24.1.13-1  zxing-cpp-3.1.0-1

Total Download Size:    453.50 MiB
Total Installed Size:  1387.85 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:         4.96 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
error: could not open file: /etc/mtab: No such file or directory
error: could not determine filesystem mount points
error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
[root@koko /]# lsblk
lsblk: failed to access sysfs directory: /sys/dev/block: No such file or directory

Last edited by aminepro (2026-07-11 21:07:46)

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Re: [SOLVED]vconsole stops the sysyem from booting

Ftr, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chroot#Using_chroot

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aminepro

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Re: [SOLVED]vconsole stops the sysyem from booting

Thanks it worked, it took a while
so the problem was the system was trying to boot a kernel that didn't exist I suppose, as in that other thread

Last edited by aminepro (2026-07-11 21:27:27)