no longer boots because ext4 /home lost its UUID
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| grub2 (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Hi
I encountered the same issue described by other users but can t find the solution :
After grub loading, whichever the recovery mode i use, i get the message
One or more of the mounts listed in /etc/fstab cannot yet mounted: (ESC for recover shell)
/home : waiting for UUID 67d51bb0-
# blkid give :
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: UUID="2c112151-
/dev/sda2: UUID="3285efe0-
suggesting that the line /dev/sda3: UUID="67d51bb0-
When i boot the live CD Ubuntu and
- go to Gparted, no UUID are given for sda3
- go to systeme/
When i boot puppy linux, i cannot mount sda3
When in the shell i type cat etc/fstab
the 3 sda are found with the right format and same UUID (ext 4 for my sda3 and the address given in the error message)
How can i solve the issue, especially that sda3 contain all my data for which i have no recent backup.
Thanks
| Pau Tallada Crespí (ptallada) wrote | #1 |
| Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Expired |
Hi, created this bug from that question, because that's what also happened to my mom's laptop.
One day it stopped booting complaining that it could no longer mount /home partition (ext4).
Booting from external USB and debugging from 300km away I discover that blkid reports no UUID for /dev/sda7 partition (which is /home)
/sbin/tune2fs -l /dev/sda7 shows the UUID correctly.
To boot again I had to replace the UUID reference in /etc/fstab for the physical device (/dev/sda7)
IMHO, this behaviour should be investigated because it renders a computer unbootable and novice users are completely lost.
I may be able to provide more information if you need.
Thanks!