[arch-general] linux-3.14.3-1 and FAT32 /boot partition mount fail
Hello, After Linux kernel update my system can't boot properly because of this error: [FAILED] Failed to mount /boot Although it gives me opportunity to login as root. When I try to mount it manually: mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat' Kernel downgrade to 3.14.2-1 resolved this. So, did I miss something or it's a bug? I have to use FAT32 for /boot because I have that UEFI thing. Regards, -- *GPG Key ID:* D782DAB8
Re: [arch-general] linux-3.14.3-1 and FAT32 /boot partition mount fail
- Original Message - Hello, After Linux kernel update my system can't boot properly because of this error: [FAILED] Failed to mount /boot Although it gives me opportunity to login as root. When I try to mount it manually: mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat' Kernel downgrade to 3.14.2-1 resolved this. So, did I miss something or it's a bug? I have to use FAT32 for /boot because I have that UEFI thing. Regards, -- *GPG Key ID:* D782DAB8 Hi, I had this exact issue - I thought I had done something wrong. I booted into a live distro, chrooted to my root partition, mounted all the normal partitions, reinstalled the latest kernel package and it all started working again. I still have no idea what went wrong - the initrd image as originally built did not recognize vfat or xfs, but did recognize btrfs, and that was true for the fallback image as well. regards, -- David Moore Senior Software Engineer St. James Software Email: dav...@sjsoft.com
Re: [arch-general] linux-3.14.3-1 and FAT32 /boot partition mount fail
On 12 May 2014 09:22, Andrey Mivrenik myvre...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, After Linux kernel update my system can't boot properly because of this error: [FAILED] Failed to mount /boot Although it gives me opportunity to login as root. When I try to mount it manually: mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat' Kernel downgrade to 3.14.2-1 resolved this. So, did I miss something or it's a bug? I have to use FAT32 for /boot because I have that UEFI thing. Regards, -- *GPG Key ID:* D782DAB8 This is a frequent problem on UEFI systems that aren't set up correctly. The kernel you're booting with doesn't match the modules installed to /usr, because the kernel your boot manager is loading is an older one. The new kernel was installed elsewhere, and wasn't copied to the correct location. Check your fstab and see where you're mounting your ESP. Remember that the linux package installs the kernel to /boot/vmlinuz-linux. If /boot is your ESP, check where your boot manager loads the kernel from. If your boot manager uses an absolute path, remember that / (or \) will be the root of the ESP, not your arch partition. Here's the latest thread that I've seen: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=180056 I'm sure plenty more would turn up in a forum search though. Cheers, WorMzy
Re: [arch-general] linux-3.14.3-1 and FAT32 /boot partition mount fail
Yes, looks like it's mine bad first experience with UEFI, not used to its specifications yet. Thank you! On 12 May 2014 13:18, WorMzy Tykashi wormzy.tyka...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 May 2014 09:22, Andrey Mivrenik myvre...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, After Linux kernel update my system can't boot properly because of this error: [FAILED] Failed to mount /boot Although it gives me opportunity to login as root. When I try to mount it manually: mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat' Kernel downgrade to 3.14.2-1 resolved this. So, did I miss something or it's a bug? I have to use FAT32 for /boot because I have that UEFI thing. Regards, -- *GPG Key ID:* D782DAB8 This is a frequent problem on UEFI systems that aren't set up correctly. The kernel you're booting with doesn't match the modules installed to /usr, because the kernel your boot manager is loading is an older one. The new kernel was installed elsewhere, and wasn't copied to the correct location. Check your fstab and see where you're mounting your ESP. Remember that the linux package installs the kernel to /boot/vmlinuz-linux. If /boot is your ESP, check where your boot manager loads the kernel from. If your boot manager uses an absolute path, remember that / (or \) will be the root of the ESP, not your arch partition. Here's the latest thread that I've seen: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=180056 I'm sure plenty more would turn up in a forum search though. Cheers, WorMzy -- Andrey Mivrenik GPG Key ID: D782DAB8
