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py_buddha

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Registered: 2026-01-25

Posts: 3

[SOLVED] Installation. Failed to start Switch Root.

Hello everyone! I do have some trouble with booting Arch after installing, just failed on Switch Root. I can't use emergency mode.I use rEFInd to boot Windows on a separate sdd. My Arch is on a nvme and I can't boot in, using rEFInd. I've two separate esp partition. I tried install Manjaro and Debian - everything is fine.
My /etc/fstab:

# Static information about the filesystems.
# See fstab(5) for details.

# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /dev/nvme0n1p2
UUID=dc6214d8-1787-45f1-baa5-ad8f536f6e44	/         	ext4      	rw,relatime	0 1

# /dev/nvme0n1p3
UUID=aeb96527-c858-4254-9d90-efdce94e32e2	/home     	ext4      	rw,relatime	0 2

# /dev/nvme0n1p1
UUID=EFAE-0F92      	/boot/efi 	vfat      	rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro0 2

blkid root and esp:

/dev/nvme0n1p2: UUID="dc6214d8-1787-45f1-baa5-ad8f536f6e44" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="root" PARTUUID="bdd89990-df93-4da8-a1fc-77ee12803e22"
/dev/nvme0n1p1: UUID="EFAE-0F92" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="85e953d7-6554-4686-9364-dd850d73284e"

Thanks everyone for support and help!

Last edited by py_buddha (2026-01-25 18:15:41)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,712

Re: [SOLVED] Installation. Failed to start Switch Root.

Did you configure rEFInd, or are you relying on their auto-config stuff? That often doesn't work.

py_buddha

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Registered: 2026-01-25

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] Installation. Failed to start Switch Root.

Did you configure rEFInd, or are you relying on their auto-config stuff? That often doesn't work.

Yes, I use auto-config stuff. Thanks, I'll try.

py_buddha

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Registered: 2026-01-25

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] Installation. Failed to start Switch Root.

Did you configure rEFInd, or are you relying on their auto-config stuff? That often doesn't work.

Thanks for your replay, I solved the problem. Just add PARTUUID with default options in refund_linux.conf