Hey everyone! I need some help with my Fedora 42 setup. After modifying my fstab to include three disks for auto-mounting at boot, I'm getting stuck in emergency mode on boot-up. I've taken a peek at the journal logs while logged in as root, and I'm seeing messages like:
`Dependency failed for .mount - `
`Job .device/start failed with result 'timeout'`
Here's what my fstab looks like:
```
UUID=3287bd0f-5f98-46eb-ab47-b4a946a9c574 / btrfs subvol=root,compress=zstd:1 0 0
UUID=e6a94a26-7189-43c8-9c4f-3519b0f51045 /boot ext4 defaults 1 2
UUID=5DB9-C9EB /boot/efi vfat umask=0077,shortname=winnt 0 2
UUID=3287bd0f-5f98-46eb-ab47-b4a946a9c574 /home btrfs subvol=home,compress=zstd:1 0 0
UUID=9D11FEC1-EF80-4E78-9DE0-DF66624809E2 /media/C ext4 defaults 0 0
UUID=d16004a7-1470-4033-a18c-48af6b6a992f /media/D ext4 defaults 0 0
UUID=F438BCEF-8242-4036-8D56-CF425938A226 /media/E ext4 defaults 0 0
```
I'm no absolute beginner, but I'm definitely still learning as I transition from Bazzite, which had its limitations for daily use. In Bazzite, the changes I made to fstab worked perfectly, so I feel a bit out of my depth here. Any guidance would be appreciated! Thanks for taking the time to read this!
2 Answers
From what I see, each drive needs to be properly mounted to a folder you create beforehand. If you just want the drive to appear in your file explorer, it should still be formatted correctly. Make sure that for every UUID, there's a specific mount point already made on your system. It’s a common pitfall, so double-check that part!
It looks like you might be missing the mount points in your fstab entries. Each UUID should have a corresponding mount point where the filesystem is supposed to be accessible. For example, an fstab entry should look like this:
`UUID= `
Check to make sure all your entries specify valid mount points because even a small oversight like that can cause startup issues.
Thanks for the tip! I've updated my post to show the exact fstab contents. Can't believe I missed that!
I'll definitely check that out. Appreciate the feedback!