I have a Debian/Tumbleweed dual boot setup in the machine I’m currently using. Right now, I’m running Debian because Tumbleweed won’t boot.
My machine has an SSD (where Debian is installed) and an HDD (where Tumbleweed is installed). The HDD has an NTFS partition that won’t mount anymore because I need to check it with chkdsk and I don’t have Windows available. That was causing issues on Debian as well, so I disabled it on fstab and now Debian boots up fine.
I tried the same for Tumbleweed but it wasn’t enough. I keep getting errors mounting partitions while booting Tumbleweed and after I wait several minutes the boot throws me to the login command prompt and I get no video.
Any ideas?
HDD/SSD layout:
# SSD:
sda 8:0 0 447,1G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 435,4G 0 part / # Debian is here
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 11,7G 0 part # swap
sdb 8:16 0 2,7T 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17 0 874,3G 0 part # shared (dirty) NTFS partition
├─sdb2 8:18 0 732,4G 0 part # shared ext4 partition
└─sdb3 8:19 0 1,2T 0 part # Tumbleweed is here
Yes, it is possible. The problem has nothing to do with NTFS partition (at least, directly). systemd-udevd fails to start so systemd is not aware of available devices and fails to mount all partitions. systemd-udevd fails to start due to timeout and systemd-journald is killed also due to timeout when it scans journal directory so it does point to some HDD issues. The dmesg output may give some more information (journal could have been lost).
I guess I’m buying a replacement ASAP. Any ideas how to clone it to a new HDD recovering as much data as possible? Will dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb be enough?
I’m also accepting HDD recommendations in the <$100 range
I want something as similar as possible to what I already have: 3TB HDD, 3.5 inches. Preferrably 7200 rpm, but I don’t mind downgrading to 5400 rpm to save money.
@romariorios Rotating Rust = HDD Something like a Western digital RE 3 TB Enterprise Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA III, 64 MB Cache - WD3000FYYZ (Old Model) is US$100… I would make sure it’s got a good warranty and is an Enterprise version.
Anyway, I feel like this thread has been derailed enough. I’m gonna mark it as solved and open a new thread asking about the data rescue procedure. Thanks for the help!