unable to mount an ext2 partition by label or uuid, unbootable system
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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util-linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: mount
Yesterday (11-sep-09) I ran "upgrade-manager -d" on a Kubuntu 9.04 system to upgrade to karmic koala alpha 5 . After rebooting I had 2 problems:
1. Grub was unable to load any kernel. Fixed by removing the /boot prefix from the kernel and initrd lines.
2. During startup I got a warning "fscheck: unable to resolve 'UUID=41...' fsck died with exit status 8. and was dumped to the command line.
The uuid reported is that of my bootable ext2 partition on which grub is installed. I then have several systems installed on separate partitions that I select from the grub menu. The boot partition is then mounted by uuid at /boot during startup from an entry in fstab.
tune2fs correctly reports the uuid and label of the boot partition and cat /proc/partitions is ok. However, both "mount -U 41... -t ext2 /boot" and "mount -L boot -t ext2 /boot" fail saying that can't find the selected partition. mount does mount the partition by device name.
mount --version gives
mount from util-linux-ng 2.16 (with libblkid and selinux support)
This does not appear to be a kernel problem since I have successfully run a custom 2.6.31 linux kernel with kubuntu 9.04. The identical kernel with karmic koala alpha 5 userland exhibits these same problems.
summary: |
- unable to mount an ext2 partition by label or uuid + unable to mount an ext2 partition by label or uuid, unbootable system |
Changed in util-linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Won't Fix → Confirmed |
Changed in util-linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Could you supply the output of "sudo blkid"
Thanks