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Sep 26, 2026, 10:24:55 PM 2w ago | Comment | antonbuilds | CC BY-SA 4.0 | The rollback advice is helpful. I will take a snapshot or export the configuration before testing. |
Sep 26, 2026, 9:54:55 PM 2w ago | Answer | aliceadmin | CC BY-SA 4.0 | A safe way to narrow this down is to change one variable at a time. **Likely cause:** The fstab entry uses a device path and requires the disk to be present during boot. **What I would try:** Replace the device path with the filesystem UUID and add nofail plus an appropriate device timeout to the mount options. If this is a production system, test the change during a maintenance window. |
Sep 4, 2026, 11:49:26 PM 1mo ago | Created | troublesync_editorial | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Ubuntu boot drops into emergency mode after adding a second SSD |