Error when trying to mount the root partition when installing gentoo | Gentoo Linux Community | Page 1

rare grove Sep 30, 2025, 8:03 PM

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I did everything the same as in the manual I think it's my first time installing gentoo btw

ashen mica Oct 1, 2025, 12:07 AM

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looks like you forgot to format it, i.e. mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p3 for EXT4

note that this wipes it

rare grove Oct 1, 2025, 5:25 AM

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Oh yea

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Thought I Thought I did or I'm not really shure

rare grove Oct 1, 2025, 5:44 AM

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I formatted it but it's still the same error

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fallow jetty Oct 1, 2025, 11:46 AM

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what does dmesg say?

ashen mica Oct 2, 2025, 5:28 AM

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you tried to mount a different partition than the one you formatted

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you formatted nvme0n1p3 and tried to mount nvme0n1, which is the whole drive

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whick is not really something you can do like that

#Error when trying to mount the root partition when installing gentoo