Failed to mount /boot/efi; Dependency failed for Local File System

[Austin]

I have been encountering this boot failure, ever since I edited my fstab to add some partitions to automount.

I even tried reformatting the ESP partition and reinstalling grub from a live USB.

@Austin

To note:

Interestingly, this command didn’t work:

@librewish

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

And returned with the error:

Could not delete variable: No space left on device.
grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Block device required.

This again happened here, too.

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.

# <file system>                           <mount point>     <type>  <options>                                                       <dump>  <pass>
#UUID=6C5E-CE44                            /boot/efi         vfat    default,umask=0077                                                0       2
UUID=ad7b1d9f-bf7e-46fc-b711-fecabd29e65f /                 btrfs   subvol=/@,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd                          0       0
UUID=ad7b1d9f-bf7e-46fc-b711-fecabd29e65f /root             btrfs   subvol=/@root,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd                      0       0
UUID=ad7b1d9f-bf7e-46fc-b711-fecabd29e65f /srv              btrfs   subvol=/@srv,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd                       0       0
UUID=ad7b1d9f-bf7e-46fc-b711-fecabd29e65f /var/cache        btrfs   subvol=/@cache,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd                     0       0
UUID=ad7b1d9f-bf7e-46fc-b711-fecabd29e65f /var/log          btrfs   subvol=/@log,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd                       0       0
UUID=ad7b1d9f-bf7e-46fc-b711-fecabd29e65f /var/tmp          btrfs   subvol=/@tmp,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd                       0       0
UUID=9fa0b5ef-ad74-4a79-b3c0-4d10b51c9d3a /home             btrfs   subvol=@home,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd                       0       0
tmpfs                                     /tmp              tmpfs   defaults,noatime,mode=1777                                        0       0


UUID=586e1a3e-80c3-4057-81b6-bbfe7662c6ff /mnt/Linux_Data   ext4    defaults,noatime                                                  0       2
UUID=92d6a935-e46e-46fb-9e53-9b39bce48e6a /mnt/Storage      ext4    defaults,noatime                                                  0       2

I have been commenting out the ESP file system in the fstab to be able to boot without the above error.

> lsblk -f
NAME        FSTYPE FSVER LABEL        UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
zram0                                                                                     [SWAP]
nvme0n1
├─nvme0n1p1 vfat   FAT32              6C5E-CE44
├─nvme0n1p2 btrfs        Garuda_Linux ad7b1d9f-bf7e-46fc-b711-fecabd29e65f                /var/log
├─nvme0n1p3 btrfs        Home         9fa0b5ef-ad74-4a79-b3c0-4d10b51c9d3a   61.7G     1% /home
├─nvme0n1p4 ext4   1.0   Linux_Data   586e1a3e-80c3-4057-81b6-bbfe7662c6ff   43.8G    25% /mnt/Linux_Data
└─nvme0n1p5 ext4   1.0   Storage      92d6a935-e46e-46fb-9e53-9b39bce48e6a  142.6G    44% /mnt/Storage

@Austin

System:
Kernel: 6.10.1-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1
clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=ad7b1d9f-bf7e-46fc-b711-fecabd29e65f rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.4.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Swift SF314-43 v: V1.04
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LN model: Sake_CA v: V1.04 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 0000000000000000 uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.04
date: 07/28/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 4.9 Wh (12.5%) condition: 39.1/53.2 Wh (73.4%)
volts: 12.0 min: 11.6 model: COSMX AP20CBL type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: charging
Device-1: apple_mfi_fastcharge model: N/A serial: N/A charge: N/A
status: N/A
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 2 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x68 (104) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x8608102
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB
desc: 2x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1111 high: 1960 min/max: 400/4056 scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 1397 2: 1397 3: 400
4: 1397 5: 400 6: 1397 7: 400 8: 1397 9: 400 10: 1397 11: 1397 12: 1960
bogomips: 50305
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Lucienne vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: amdgpu
v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164c
class-ID: 0300 temp: 47.0 C
Device-2: Quanta HD User Facing driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 0408:a094
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1536x864 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11:
drv: radeonsi inactive: gbm
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.1.4-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
renoir LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.57 6.10.1-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:164c
memory: 500 MiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 3 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Graphics (RADV RENOIR) driver: mesa radv v: 24.1.4-arch1.2
device-ID: 1002:164c surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu
name: llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 24.1.4-arch1.2 (LLVM 18.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 03:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel
alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci,
snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt,
snd_sof_amd_vangogh, snd_sof_amd_acp63 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 03:00.5
chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 03:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.10.1-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lite-On driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: enp3s0f3u1c4i2 state: up speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Lite-On Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:4 chip-ID: 04ca:3802
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 144.3 GiB (30.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: OM8PDP3512B-AA1
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: EDFK0S03 temp: 43.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 64.41 GiB size: 64.41 GiB (100.00%) used: 6.96 GiB (10.8%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /home raw-size: 64 GiB size: 64 GiB (100.00%) used: 312.3 MiB (0.5%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 64.41 GiB size: 64.41 GiB (100.00%)
used: 6.96 GiB (10.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 64.41 GiB size: 64.41 GiB (100.00%)
used: 6.96 GiB (10.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.11 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C mobo: 36.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 48.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.11 GiB used: 4.71 GiB (66.3%)
Processes: 391 Power: uptime: 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
image: 2.83 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon,
upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1266 libs: 366 tools: octopi,paru pm: flatpak
pkgs: 0 Compilers: gcc: 14.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.35
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-07-26
Last full system update: 2024-07-27
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

[filo]

@Austin

Could not delete variable: No space left on device.
grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Block device required.

Check if you have dump files in the efivars and if so delete them.

ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars | grep "^dump" &&
sudo rm /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/dump-*

[Austin]

I again tried to reinstall grub from a live USB,

@Austin

Interestingly, this command didn’t work:

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

Deleting all the dump files in the efivars fixed this anomaly!

I had to replace "^dump" with "dump" in the above command.

Thank you

But the original issue remains…

[Austin]

What a shame
I somehow unknowingly altered the defaults option to default when I edited the fstab
This is why the kernel couldn’t recognise the option and could not mount the file system and, therefore, entered emergency mode.

Here are the logs from journalctl -xb: