Failed to mount /boot - emergency mode not working
by SurrealPartisan from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6M9DA)
Hello! I'm running an Arch system (installed with Anarchy Installer). It has been running mostly smoothly for a couple of years, but now I've stubmbled into a series of problems.
First, the system got stuck in the startup (the next day after an update). I've had a similar problem before, so I thought I knew what to do. I booted a live USB (Xubuntu), chrooted to my Arch and updated everything.
After that came the current problem. When I try to start the computer, it says after a while "Failed to mount /boot". After that it goes to emergency mode. There I am supposed to log in with the root password. I tried that once and then, after not figuring out what to do there, tried rebooting. It still goes to the emergency mode with the same error message, but now I can't even log in to the emergency mode anymore. The computer doesn't react to anything, not to writing the password, not to pressing ctrl+D which is supposed to "continue", not to pressing anything else (but I can shut it down with the power button, of course). The cursor blinks so I don't think the system is completely stuck, and also the keyboard should work fine.
What should I try to do next?
First, the system got stuck in the startup (the next day after an update). I've had a similar problem before, so I thought I knew what to do. I booted a live USB (Xubuntu), chrooted to my Arch and updated everything.
After that came the current problem. When I try to start the computer, it says after a while "Failed to mount /boot". After that it goes to emergency mode. There I am supposed to log in with the root password. I tried that once and then, after not figuring out what to do there, tried rebooting. It still goes to the emergency mode with the same error message, but now I can't even log in to the emergency mode anymore. The computer doesn't react to anything, not to writing the password, not to pressing ctrl+D which is supposed to "continue", not to pressing anything else (but I can shut it down with the power button, of course). The cursor blinks so I don't think the system is completely stuck, and also the keyboard should work fine.
What should I try to do next?