Emergency mode after adding partitions and installing another Linux distribution
I had Linux Debian installed onto my computer. My partition table was as follows:
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: FAT32
sda2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid
sda4: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
On /dev/sda1 I had EFI boot partition, /dev/sda2 was my root (/), and /dev/sda4 was mounted as /home. To install Manjaro Linux, I resized partitions (by GParted) and arrived at the following partition table:
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: FAT32
sda2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid
sda3: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
sda4: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
sda5: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Operating System: Manjaro
As you can see, I added /dev/sda3 as swap partition and /dev/sda5 as a partition where I installed Manjaro. During the installation, I formatted /dev/sda1 (where I booted Debian from) and Manjaro installed its boot files there. After installation, I have two options in GRUB: boot Debian and boot Manjaro. Booting Manjaro is working fine, but booting Debian leads to the Welcome to emergency mode! problem. I am asked to give the root password but after I enter it nothing seems to happen (perhaps I've forgotten the password but there is no message indicating that it is wrong). After some googling, I have come to conclusion that Debian's fstab may be incorrect. Please have a look at it:
# / was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=de26f007-befa-4524-b1c8-059e115aa36c / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
#UUID=B1D2-AC43 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda4 during installation
UUID=5c273b54-01ad-4186-9821-1e90980a8913 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
#UUID=9da48f63-2583-4e29-8997-3c6474e4bcbc none swap sw 0 0
UUID=ECA5-260F /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
What should I do to have my Debian working?
debian boot grub2 dual-boot manjaro
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I had Linux Debian installed onto my computer. My partition table was as follows:
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: FAT32
sda2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid
sda4: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
On /dev/sda1 I had EFI boot partition, /dev/sda2 was my root (/), and /dev/sda4 was mounted as /home. To install Manjaro Linux, I resized partitions (by GParted) and arrived at the following partition table:
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: FAT32
sda2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid
sda3: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
sda4: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
sda5: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Operating System: Manjaro
As you can see, I added /dev/sda3 as swap partition and /dev/sda5 as a partition where I installed Manjaro. During the installation, I formatted /dev/sda1 (where I booted Debian from) and Manjaro installed its boot files there. After installation, I have two options in GRUB: boot Debian and boot Manjaro. Booting Manjaro is working fine, but booting Debian leads to the Welcome to emergency mode! problem. I am asked to give the root password but after I enter it nothing seems to happen (perhaps I've forgotten the password but there is no message indicating that it is wrong). After some googling, I have come to conclusion that Debian's fstab may be incorrect. Please have a look at it:
# / was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=de26f007-befa-4524-b1c8-059e115aa36c / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
#UUID=B1D2-AC43 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda4 during installation
UUID=5c273b54-01ad-4186-9821-1e90980a8913 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
#UUID=9da48f63-2583-4e29-8997-3c6474e4bcbc none swap sw 0 0
UUID=ECA5-260F /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
What should I do to have my Debian working?
debian boot grub2 dual-boot manjaro
asked yesterday
menteithmenteith
1819
You could try editing (at boot time) the grub boot prompt and add or replaceroot=/dev/sda2to the command line just before actually booting Debian. If this works, then well I don't know what else (grub issue?). Also if you did this just at the wrong time when having on Debian udev 240-2 or 240-3 (and not -4) then you hit a systemd/udev bug
– A.B
yesterday
yeah try commenting things out of fstab, I've seen stray entries therein send Ubuntu boots to sudden systemd emergency mode
– thrig
yesterday
Why not provide thejournalctl -xbas that error message mentions?
– jdwolf
15 hours ago
@jdwolf I will do in a couple of hours when I get home.
– menteith
14 hours ago
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I had Linux Debian installed onto my computer. My partition table was as follows:
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: FAT32
sda2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid
sda4: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
On /dev/sda1 I had EFI boot partition, /dev/sda2 was my root (/), and /dev/sda4 was mounted as /home. To install Manjaro Linux, I resized partitions (by GParted) and arrived at the following partition table:
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: FAT32
sda2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid
sda3: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
sda4: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
sda5: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Operating System: Manjaro
As you can see, I added /dev/sda3 as swap partition and /dev/sda5 as a partition where I installed Manjaro. During the installation, I formatted /dev/sda1 (where I booted Debian from) and Manjaro installed its boot files there. After installation, I have two options in GRUB: boot Debian and boot Manjaro. Booting Manjaro is working fine, but booting Debian leads to the Welcome to emergency mode! problem. I am asked to give the root password but after I enter it nothing seems to happen (perhaps I've forgotten the password but there is no message indicating that it is wrong). After some googling, I have come to conclusion that Debian's fstab may be incorrect. Please have a look at it:
# / was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=de26f007-befa-4524-b1c8-059e115aa36c / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
#UUID=B1D2-AC43 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda4 during installation
UUID=5c273b54-01ad-4186-9821-1e90980a8913 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
#UUID=9da48f63-2583-4e29-8997-3c6474e4bcbc none swap sw 0 0
UUID=ECA5-260F /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
What should I do to have my Debian working?
debian boot grub2 dual-boot manjaro
asked yesterday
menteithmenteith
1819
I had Linux Debian installed onto my computer. My partition table was as follows:
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: FAT32
sda2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid
sda4: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
On /dev/sda1 I had EFI boot partition, /dev/sda2 was my root (/), and /dev/sda4 was mounted as /home. To install Manjaro Linux, I resized partitions (by GParted) and arrived at the following partition table:
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: FAT32
sda2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid
sda3: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
sda4: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
sda5: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Operating System: Manjaro
As you can see, I added /dev/sda3 as swap partition and /dev/sda5 as a partition where I installed Manjaro. During the installation, I formatted /dev/sda1 (where I booted Debian from) and Manjaro installed its boot files there. After installation, I have two options in GRUB: boot Debian and boot Manjaro. Booting Manjaro is working fine, but booting Debian leads to the Welcome to emergency mode! problem. I am asked to give the root password but after I enter it nothing seems to happen (perhaps I've forgotten the password but there is no message indicating that it is wrong). After some googling, I have come to conclusion that Debian's fstab may be incorrect. Please have a look at it:
# / was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=de26f007-befa-4524-b1c8-059e115aa36c / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
#UUID=B1D2-AC43 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda4 during installation
UUID=5c273b54-01ad-4186-9821-1e90980a8913 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
#UUID=9da48f63-2583-4e29-8997-3c6474e4bcbc none swap sw 0 0
UUID=ECA5-260F /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
What should I do to have my Debian working?
debian boot grub2 dual-boot manjaro
debian boot grub2 dual-boot manjaro
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menteith
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You could try editing (at boot time) the grub boot prompt and add or replaceroot=/dev/sda2to the command line just before actually booting Debian. If this works, then well I don't know what else (grub issue?). Also if you did this just at the wrong time when having on Debian udev 240-2 or 240-3 (and not -4) then you hit a systemd/udev bug
– A.B
yesterday
yeah try commenting things out of fstab, I've seen stray entries therein send Ubuntu boots to sudden systemd emergency mode
– thrig
yesterday
Why not provide thejournalctl -xbas that error message mentions?
– jdwolf
15 hours ago
@jdwolf I will do in a couple of hours when I get home.
– menteith
14 hours ago
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You could try editing (at boot time) the grub boot prompt and add or replaceroot=/dev/sda2to the command line just before actually booting Debian. If this works, then well I don't know what else (grub issue?). Also if you did this just at the wrong time when having on Debian udev 240-2 or 240-3 (and not -4) then you hit a systemd/udev bug
– A.B
yesterday
yeah try commenting things out of fstab, I've seen stray entries therein send Ubuntu boots to sudden systemd emergency mode
– thrig
yesterday
Why not provide thejournalctl -xbas that error message mentions?
– jdwolf
15 hours ago
@jdwolf I will do in a couple of hours when I get home.
– menteith
14 hours ago
You could try editing (at boot time) the grub boot prompt and add or replace
root=/dev/sda2 to the command line just before actually booting Debian. If this works, then well I don't know what else (grub issue?). Also if you did this just at the wrong time when having on Debian udev 240-2 or 240-3 (and not -4) then you hit a systemd/udev bug– A.B
yesterday
You could try editing (at boot time) the grub boot prompt and add or replace
root=/dev/sda2 to the command line just before actually booting Debian. If this works, then well I don't know what else (grub issue?). Also if you did this just at the wrong time when having on Debian udev 240-2 or 240-3 (and not -4) then you hit a systemd/udev bug– A.B
yesterday
yeah try commenting things out of fstab, I've seen stray entries therein send Ubuntu boots to sudden systemd emergency mode
– thrig
yesterday
yeah try commenting things out of fstab, I've seen stray entries therein send Ubuntu boots to sudden systemd emergency mode
– thrig
yesterday
Why not provide the
journalctl -xb as that error message mentions?– jdwolf
15 hours ago
Why not provide the
journalctl -xb as that error message mentions?– jdwolf
15 hours ago
@jdwolf I will do in a couple of hours when I get home.
– menteith
14 hours ago
@jdwolf I will do in a couple of hours when I get home.
– menteith
14 hours ago
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You could try editing (at boot time) the grub boot prompt and add or replace
root=/dev/sda2to the command line just before actually booting Debian. If this works, then well I don't know what else (grub issue?). Also if you did this just at the wrong time when having on Debian udev 240-2 or 240-3 (and not -4) then you hit a systemd/udev bug– A.B
yesterday
yeah try commenting things out of fstab, I've seen stray entries therein send Ubuntu boots to sudden systemd emergency mode
– thrig
yesterday
Why not provide the
journalctl -xbas that error message mentions?– jdwolf
15 hours ago
@jdwolf I will do in a couple of hours when I get home.
– menteith
14 hours ago