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[SOLVED] Linux Kernel cannot see my nvme ssd

17 July 2020, 20:58:10

Hello, I recently updated my artix runit install to get the latest graphics drivers. When I rebooted I was greeted with an error message saying it cannot find my UEFI boot partition on my nvme ssd. I have tried many different things, regenerating the fstab, reinstalling grub, and using efibootmgr to create a new boot option pointing to the drive, and none of them work. I believe the issue is with runit but I do not know for sure. I do have matlib32 enabled for steam, I don't know if that matters but I'll mention it anyway. I have attached an image of the error code.

Re: Runit cannot find boot drive

Reply #1 – 18 July 2020, 05:57:12

I'm not sure since it's still on initramfs stage, the but looks like the UUID of your partition might have changed. You may want to check that.

Re: Runit cannot find boot drive

Reply #2 – 18 July 2020, 23:46:51

So I checked again and i had the UUIDs mixed up. The UUID it can't find is the root partition and specifically the Filesystem UUID. The partitions I have for the main drive are /dev/nvme0n1p1 boot, /dev/nvme0n1p2 root, and /dev/nvme0n1p3 home. I'd rather not reinstall but if that is needed I am willing to do so.

Re: Runit cannot find boot drive

Reply #3 – 19 July 2020, 01:49:12

So I switched from grub to efistub to see if the issue was grub and I still got the same issue. I downgraded the kernel and headers to the previous version that worked, kernel version 5.7.6, and i still got the same issue. I then tried to downgrade the linux-firmware but pacman would not let me, the error was /usr/bin/tmpfiles: /sys/devices/system/cpu/microcode/reload: cannot create [Read-only file system]. However, I was able to uninstall the linux-firmware but now I do not have it installed because I get the same issue with pacman and with basestrap when I try to install the kernel. I don't know if this is important or not but I noticed that the error mentioned /usr/bin/tmpfiles and when I would boot the same message would show up saying /usr/bin/tmpfiles cannot be used in a function or something like that.

Re: Runit cannot find boot drive

Reply #4 – 19 July 2020, 11:34:19

What if you change your GRUB configuration from using UUID to using its partition directly (eg. root=/dev/nvme0n1p2 instead of root=UUID=abcd-abcd)? I really cannot reproduce this.

Re: Runit cannot find boot drive

Reply #5 – 19 July 2020, 13:53:14

I did try that and it brings up the same error. When im in the emergency shell and I ls /dev I can see my other drives but the nvme drive. I might just reinstall since it shouldn't take too long.

Re: Runit cannot find boot drive

Reply #6 – 19 July 2020, 15:48:07

I was able to downgrade the linux-firmware to version 20200519 and the kernel to 5.7.6 and now I am able to boot. The issue seems to be that when the kernel/firmware is upgraded the system no longer see my nvme drive.

Re: Runit cannot find boot drive

Reply #7 – 19 July 2020, 16:55:27

So the issue seems to be caused by the kernel because I tried the zen kernel which is version 5.7.9 and the nvme drive does not show up in the /dev folder. I going to change the title to Linux Kernel cannot see my nvme ssd.

Re: Linux Kernel cannot see my nvme ssd

Reply #8 – 20 July 2020, 16:47:05

The issue is with the Kernel. It seems to be a bug with kernel 5.* and was fixed for a bit but seems to be back. My current solution was to downgrade the Kernel to version 5.7.6 and downgrade all Nvidia drivers to 440.100.

Re: Linux Kernel cannot see my nvme ssd

Reply #9 – 20 July 2020, 18:57:14

Man, kernel and drivers are really hit and miss. Glad you can solve the problem.

Since this is not a runit problem, I'm moving this to somewhere else.