[SOLVED] Failed to mount /boot

[lilac obsidian]

Basically i didn’t use my pc for a long time and when i started my pc this failed code showed up. Maybe someone knows a quick solution for this problem, I would be grateful.

[fickle adder]

Boot from the live ISO.

[lilac obsidian]

This one right?

[fickle adder]

Yeah.

After that show the output of lsblk -f?

[lilac obsidian]

Alright

[fickle adder]

Run mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt and show the output of cat /mnt/etc/fstab

[fickle adder]

Run mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot and mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt/home after that show the output of lsblk -f?

[fickle adder]

Run pacstrap -K /mnt linux linux-firmware linux-headers

[lilac obsidian]

It said „Failed to install packages to new root”

[fickle adder]

Show the error.

[lilac obsidian]

Oh I’m not connected to internet

[fickle adder]

Yeah.

[lilac obsidian]

Alright I installed it

Should I reboot it now?

[fickle adder]

No.

[fickle adder]

Run arch-chroot /mnt

[lilac obsidian]

Alright

[fickle adder]

Run mkinitcpio -P and show the output.

[fickle adder]

Run pacman -S linux-zen linux-zen-headers after that run mkinitcpio -P and show the output.

[fickle adder]

Output of ls -alh /boot/?

[fickle adder]

What bootloader do you use?

[lilac obsidian]

GRUB

[fickle adder]

Run grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB --recheck make sure you type it correctly.

[fickle adder]

Run grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

And show the output.

[fickle adder]

Something else is going on there.

[fickle adder]

Run rm -rf /boot/*

And show the output of ls -alh /boot/

[fickle adder]

Exit the chroot run exit and after that run umount -R /mnt and show the output of lsblk -f?

[fickle adder]

Run mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1 make sure to type it correctly.

[fickle adder]

Run mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt and rm -rf /mnt/boot/ after that run mount --mkdir /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot and run mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt/home

And show the output of lsblk -f

[fickle adder]

Run pacstrap -K /mnt linux-zen linux-zen-headers grub efibootmgr

After that run arch-chroot /mnt

[fickle adder]

Output of cat /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-zen.preset

[fickle adder]

Edit that file nano /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-zen.preset

And comment (add # at the start of the line)

[lilac obsidian]

alright

[fickle adder]

Okay, uncomment this line

[fickle adder]

Looks good, now save the file.

And run mkinitcpio -P

[fickle adder]

Output of ls -alh /boot/?

[fickle adder]

Run rm -rf /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset and re-run mkinitcpio -P and show the output.

[fickle adder]

Run grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB --recheck

[fickle adder]

Run grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

[fickle adder]

Output of dkms status

[fickle adder]

Run dkms autoinstall

[fickle adder]

Ok, run pacman -S linux linux-headers and re-run mkinitcpio -P and show the output.

[fickle adder]

Run dkms autoinstall

After that share the output of dkms status

[fickle adder]

Ok, run grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

[fickle adder]

Okay, run exit and reboot and tak the USB out.

[lilac obsidian]

still not working :/

[fickle adder]

Boot from the usb.

And mount the partitions, mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt and mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot and mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt/home

After that run genfstab -U /mnt > /mnt/etc/fstab and check cat /mnt/etc/fstab.

[fickle adder]

You can just reboot.

[lilac obsidian]

everything works now, thank you very much for this and your patience 🙏

[unkempt jewel]

alpha_b_9 received a thank you cookie!

[fickle adder]

Good.

[fickle adder]

... solved

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