wrong specification of filesystem mount options,.The error above may result from any of the issues below, in the /etc/fstab file: # journalctl -xbīoot Error Messages Causes of “failed to mount /etc/fstab” Error in Linux
I logged in as root from the interface above, and typed the following command to look through the systemd journal then I saw the errors shown in the screen shot (indicated using red).Īs you can see, the main error (failure of etc-fstab.mount unit) lead to several other errors (systemd unit dependency issues) such as failure of local-fs.target, rvice etc. Suggested Read: How to Determine and Fix Boot Issues in LinuxĪfter editing the /etc/fstab to create an automount and rebooting my system it booted into emergency mode showing the error message below. The last field is used by fsck tool to establish the order of filesystem-checks. The fourth field defines the mount options associated with the filesystem, and the fifth field is read by dump tool. It has six important filesystem mount specification fields: the first field describes the block special device or remote filesystem to be mounted, the second field defines the mount point for the filesystem and the third specifies the filesystem type. This information is static and is read by other programs on the system such as mount, umount, dump and fsck. The file in question contains descriptive information concerning the filesystems the system can mount automatically at boot time. In this article, i will explain how to solve “ failed to mount /etc/fstab” boot error in Linux.
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