System fails to boot after deleting non-system btrfs subvolume

Updated bazzite and rebooted, I get this error message. Secure boot is disabled

Solution

okay weird, my /etc/fstab seems to contain the /mnt/old_home folder which I deleted also contains the @home-0 subvol i was talking about earlier

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Solution
Tl:Dr:

Deleting btrfs subvolume through btrfs-assistant did not remove entries from fstab and caused bazzite to not be able to boot.

Had to comment out deleted subvolume entries in fstab

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LLordFalconBridge Updated bazzite and rebooted, I get this error message. Secure boot is disabled

mrvictorywin•9/21/25, 1:36 PM

boot previous deployment

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 1:36 PM

None of them work

When I boot into any of them I get a cursor at the edge for a long time, then the bazzite loading screen and then that error message

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 1:40 PM

If I enable secure boot, tells me it needs to load kernel first. I thought all the modules were signed so why would that issue arise?

LLordFalconBridge If I enable secure boot, tells me it needs to load kernel first. I thought all t...

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:06 PM

hmm there is a rare issue that can explain this

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:07 PM

What rare issue?

LLordFalconBridge What rare issue?

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:08 PM

i don't quite understand OSTree
but it has a

/ostree/boot

/ostree/boot

with some symlinks for instances of OSes

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:09 PM

links can sometimes get messed up

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:09 PM

for some strange reason

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:10 PM

Like that jayztwocents issue?

LLordFalconBridge Like that jayztwocents issue?

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:10 PM

yeah that

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:10 PM

we can check

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:10 PM

the initrd will still boot

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:11 PM

you can still run some commands to fix it

LLordFalconBridge Updated bazzite and rebooted, I get this error message. Secure boot is disabled

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:11 PM

Nothing boots up

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:12 PM

No access to console, so can't run any commands

LLordFalconBridge No access to console, so can't run any commands

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:13 PM

yes you can
if nothing booted you wouldn't get this far hmm now that i think of it

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:13 PM

when the initrd fails it gives you console access

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:14 PM

without a password or anything

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:14 PM

There is nothing I can do to gain console access, pressing enter gives me the same error message again. I cannot do anything other than press enter

LLordFalconBridge There is nothing I can do to gain console access, pressing enter gives me the sa...

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:15 PM

try editing grub

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:15 PM

somebody had a similar problem adding

init=/bin/bash

init=/bin/bash

to grub

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:16 PM

caused it to fail & drop to the initrd console

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:16 PM

Can I resolve the issue with console access though?

LLordFalconBridge Can I resolve the issue with console access though?

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:19 PM

if any of us knew how to use OSTree almost certainly but i'm not that familiar with it so maybe we can i got a few ideas

LLordFalconBridge There is nothing I can do to gain console access, pressing enter gives me the sa...

Cope•9/21/25, 2:21 PM

You can load up the bazzite iso then chroot into your install

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:21 PM

Id rather reinstall

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:21 PM

But I want to know why this issue would even arise

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:22 PM

What could even cause the issue?

LLordFalconBridge What could even cause the issue?

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:22 PM

filesystem corruption can

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:23 PM

Yes but how? I didn't force off, clicked restart, restart acted weird and glitched but it did restart

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:23 PM

Why would it not block the restart if there was an issue

CheckYourFax•9/21/25, 2:24 PM

plug in a usb stick

CheckYourFax•9/21/25, 2:24 PM

mount it

CheckYourFax•9/21/25, 2:24 PM

and post the .txt here rdosreport.txt

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:24 PM

post what txt and mount what?

CheckYourFax•9/21/25, 2:25 PM

oh wait you have to do something else first so you can actually see the logs

CheckYourFax•9/21/25, 2:25 PM

sec

CheckYourFax•9/21/25, 2:25 PM

https://docs.bazzite.gg/Advanced/rescue-and-emergency-mode/

Booting to Rescue & Emergency Mode - Bazzite Documentation

Bazzite is a custom image built upon Fedora Atomic Desktops that brings the best of Linux gaming to all of your devices.

CheckYourFax•9/21/25, 2:26 PM

use this guide to get past the locked sulogin

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:27 PM

okay modify grub entries and get into emergency mode right

CheckYourFax•9/21/25, 2:27 PM

yeah

CheckYourFax•9/21/25, 2:27 PM

otherwise we cant figure out why it wont boot

CheckYourFax•9/21/25, 2:27 PM

after you get a root shell we can figure out why boot is failing

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:30 PM

Okay

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:30 PM

I think I'm in

LordFalconBridgeOP•9/21/25, 2:30 PM

Says bash-5.2#

CCheckYourFax otherwise we cant figure out why it wont boot

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:30 PM

why is this so annoying anyways
why does a system without a root account still require a root password(sort of) to access the system's shell

nagito || Knight of Emilia•9/21/25, 2:30 PM

i thought fedora had a fix

System fails to boot after deleting non-system btrfs subvolume

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