We found that the system is booting into emergency mode due to unable to mount EFI partition.
I suspect this is points to 18.04 bug. There is no issue with 20.04 Jun 07 17:08:32 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 kernel: Initramfs unpacking failed: Decoding failed Jun 07 17:08:32 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 kernel: Freeing initrd memory: 48284K Jun 07 17:08:33 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Found device PM981a NVMe SAMSUNG 2048GB ESP. Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Mounting /boot/efi... Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 mount[669]: mount: /boot/efi: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/nvme0n1p1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error. Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Started Emergency Shell. Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Reached target Emergency Mode. ** Description changed: - Issue:- Getting blank screen after the initial install grub prompt. + Issue:- Booting into recovery mode, after post installation - Tried acpi=off, nomodeset parameters added in grub still no luck + Tried nomodeset parameters added in grub, able to install and post + installation of NVIDIA-440 , machine booting in recovery mode. Note:- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS worked without any issues. Env:- - - ==== - + Dell Alienware Aurora R9 + Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS + 5.3.0-28-generic + dosfstools 4.1-1 UEFI - Dual boot, secure boot disabled, SATA to AHCI - Bios vers - 1.0.7 - $find /sys/devices -name "edid" - - /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0/card0-HDMI-A-1/edid - - /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0/card0-DP-1/edid - $lspci | grep VGA - - 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU104 [GeForce RTX - 2080 SUPER] (rev a1) - - 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU104 [GeForce RTX - 2080 SUPER] (rev a1) + 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU104 [GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER] (rev a1) + 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU104 [GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER] (rev a1) === - nomodeset:- defined to instructs the kernel to not load video drivers - and use BIOS modes instead until X is loaded. + Below is the journal logs, for the failure of machine boots into + emergency mode. For some reasons, while unpacking the initramfs, it's + unable to mount the EFI partition and dropping into emergency mode. And + it's points bad superblock + + Might-be this is a bug in the 18.04. At the same time 20.04 worked + without any issues. + + ~~~ + Jun 07 17:08:32 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 kernel: Initramfs unpacking failed: Decoding failed + Jun 07 17:08:32 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 kernel: Freeing initrd memory: 48284K + Jun 07 17:08:33 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Found device PM981a NVMe SAMSUNG 2048GB ESP. + Jun 07 17:08:33 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Starting File System Check on /dev/disk/by-uuid/CCF3-E7D6... + Jun 07 17:08:33 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Started File System Check Daemon to report status. + Jun 07 17:08:33 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Found device ST2000DM008-2FR102 4. + Jun 07 17:08:33 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Activating swap /dev/disk/by-uuid/5cfe5c2d-6dd7-46b3-9fce-0e08b35b26cb... + Jun 07 17:08:33 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Activated swap /dev/disk/by-uuid/5cfe5c2d-6dd7-46b3-9fce-0e08b35b26cb. + Jun 07 17:08:33 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Reached target Swap. + Jun 07 17:08:33 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 kernel: Adding 62499836k swap on /dev/sda4. Priority:-2 extents:1 across:62499836k FS + Jun 07 17:08:33 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd-fsck[623]: fsck.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24) + Jun 07 17:08:33 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd-fsck[623]: /dev/nvme0n1p1: 389 files, 36496/74752 clusters + Jun 07 17:08:33 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Started File System Check on /dev/disk/by-uuid/CCF3-E7D6. + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Mounting /boot/efi... + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 mount[669]: mount: /boot/efi: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/nvme0n1p1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error. + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: boot-efi.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited status=32 + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: boot-efi.mount: Failed with result 'exit-code'. + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Failed to mount /boot/efi. + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 kernel: FAT-fs (nvme0n1p1): IO charset iso8859-1 not found + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Local File Systems. + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Clean up any mess left by 0dns-up. + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: dns-clean.service: Job dns-clean.service/start failed with result 'dependency'. + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: local-fs.target: Job local-fs.target/start failed with result 'dependency'. + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: local-fs.target: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Starting Set console font and keymap... + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Started Stop ureadahead data collection 45s after completed startup. + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Reached target Timers. + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Closed Syslog Socket. + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Starting Set console scheme... + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Reached target Paths. + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Reached target Sockets. + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Started Emergency Shell. + Jun 07 17:08:34 test-Alienware-Aurora-R9 systemd[1]: Reached target Emergency Mode. + ~~~ - Please note:- we need to rely on 18.04 LTS due to application - compatibility. + We are able to boot even after passing "nomodeset" in grub + + This is a freshly installed machine, and tried with different kernels + while switching from higher to lower. In all the case, same result. + + This machine consist of two drives SSD and HDD. I suspect it might be + caused issue with hardware dependency? + + ~~~ + cat /proc/scsi/scsi + Attached devices: + Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 + Vendor: ATA Model: ST2000DM008-2FR1 Rev: 0001 + Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 + ~~~ Please suggest + Thanks --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/controlC1', '/dev/snd/controlC2', '/dev/snd/hwC1D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D9p', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D8p', '/dev/snd/hwC2D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC2D9p', '/dev/snd/pcmC2D8p', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D7p', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D3p', '/dev/snd/pcmC2D7p', '/dev/snd/pcmC2D3p', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D2', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D10p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D9p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D8p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D7p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D3p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CasperMD5CheckResult: skip DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-06-04 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) MachineType: Alienware Alienware Aurora R9 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-33-generic root=UUID=6f3dec95-0e04-4bcb-992c-ee9a185fbb34 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-33.37-generic 5.4.34 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-5.4.0-33-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-5.4.0-33-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.187 Tags: focal Uname: Linux 5.4.0-33-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 12/23/2019 dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware dmi.bios.version: 1.0.7 dmi.board.name: 0T76PD dmi.board.vendor: Alienware dmi.board.version: A01 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvr1.0.7:bd12/23/2019:svnAlienware:pnAlienwareAuroraR9:pvr1.0.7:rvnAlienware:rn0T76PD:rvrA01:cvnAlienware:ct3:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.family: Alienware dmi.product.name: Alienware Aurora R9 dmi.product.sku: 0961 dmi.product.version: 1.0.7 dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D2', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC2', '/dev/snd/controlC1', '/dev/snd/hwC2D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC2D9p', '/dev/snd/pcmC2D8p', '/dev/snd/hwC1D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D9p', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D8p', '/dev/snd/pcmC2D7p', '/dev/snd/pcmC2D3p', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D7p', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D3p', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-06-07 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20200203.1) MachineType: Alienware Alienware Aurora R9 Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.3.0-28-generic root=UUID=6f3dec95-0e04-4bcb-992c-ee9a185fbb34 ro nomodeset ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-28.30~18.04.1-generic 5.3.13 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-5.3.0-28-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-5.3.0-28-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.173.14 Tags: bionic Uname: Linux 5.3.0-28-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 12/23/2019 dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware dmi.bios.version: 1.0.7 dmi.board.name: 0T76PD dmi.board.vendor: Alienware dmi.board.version: A01 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvr1.0.7:bd12/23/2019:svnAlienware:pnAlienwareAuroraR9:pvr1.0.7:rvnAlienware:rn0T76PD:rvrA01:cvnAlienware:ct3:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.family: Alienware dmi.product.name: Alienware Aurora R9 dmi.product.sku: 0961 dmi.product.version: 1.0.7 dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1882195 Title: Dell Alienware Aurora R9 ubuntu 18.04LTS installation issue - Dual boot - UEFI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1882195/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
